VIEWING CUE: Chinatown

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Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974) is a tribute to the way the filmic language of 1940s film noir conveyed urban menace and corruption. A twisted chain of events is set off when Mrs. Mulwray (Diane Ladd) enters the office of detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicolson).

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