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{{quote|'''Walsh:''' ''Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.''}}
One of the seminal Neo-Noir films, and considered by many to be among the best of [[Film Noir]] films in general, '''''Chinatown''''' was written by Robert Towne and directed by [[Roman Polanski]]. The film stars [[Jack Nicholson]], Faye Dunaway, and [[John Huston]]. It is ''[[World Half Empty|DARK.]]''
''Chinatown'' tells the story of Jake Gittes, a former cop turned [[Private Detective]] living and working in 1930s Los Angeles. Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray, the wife of the city's water commissioner to prove that her husband is having an affair. It seems like a simple enough job. But it isn't. The woman who hired him isn't the real Mrs. Mulwray. Then the water commissioner ends up dead and the real Mrs. Mulwray hires Gittes to find out what really happened. He may think he knows what he's dealing with. [[It Got Worse|But he doesn't.]]
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[[I Thought It Meant|For the kind of place]], see [[Friendly Local Chinatown]]. Don't confuse this with ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'', however tempting it may be.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Noah Cross}}
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