Description

This study analyzes 'Chinatown' in the context of the figure of the detective in literature and film from Sophocles to Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. In the account of 'Chinatown''s narrative development Michael Eaton seeks to uncover both its relationship to the pessimism of American cinema in the 1970s and its veritably mythical structure.

Table of Contents

'Chinatown'
Notes
Credits
Bibliography

Product details

Published 25 Jul 2019
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 80
ISBN 9781838714956
Imprint British Film Institute
Illustrations illustrated
Series BFI Film Classics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Michael Eaton

Michael Eaton is a screenwriter and playwright. Hi…

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