CHINATOWN • Robert Towne • 1997 Faber and Faber 156 pgs • Sight and Sound Script • Main Characters; Credits; Cast & Script • Film released in 1974, directed by Roman Polanski • This neo-noir film tells the story of Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together • Considered as one of the greatest scripts ever written • PVP 10,71€ • Linha de Sombra • www.linhadesombra.com • Cinemateca Portuguesa ■
“Okay, go home. But in case you’re interested your husband was murdered. Somebody’s dumping tons of water out of the city reservoirs when we’re supposedly in the middle of a drought, he found out, and he was killed. There’s a waterlogged drunk in the morgue – involuntary manslaughter if anybody wants to take the trouble which they don’t. It looks like half city is trying to cover it all up, which is fine with me. But, Mrs. Mulwray I goddam near lost my nose! And I like it! I like breathing trough it. And I still think you’re hiding something.”
