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In Reply to: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." posted by powermatic on September 14, 2006 at 23:24:52:
You like 'LA Confidential'?
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noir in the true sense of the word, i.e. the ending is definately not happy. Think Fred McMurray in "Double Indemnity". But what's great about the ending in Chinatown is what's not said but implied. When John Huston as Noah Cross takes his 'daughter', your skin crawls with the knowledge of what kind of upbringing awaits her.And of course the whole Polanski-kitty cat-nose slice-quick cut to giant bandage. Hilarious.
You're right.But if L.A.Confidential had been cast just little better, had the script tweaked a little more ....
But remember, they couldn't resist a 'sequel' to Chinatown - "the Two Jakes". I saw it once, but I don't remember it that well (!).
Had high hopes with both Ellroy and De Palma on board, but early reviews are'nt good. We'll see, eh?BTW, you're right on concerning L.A.C.-ending was almost chipper, for chrissakes. That's noir? Not in my book....
We seem to have pretty much hijacked the hell out of this thread. (-:
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