Chinatown

by Michael Eaton

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851705323
Publisher:	BFI Publishing
Publication date:	11/28/1997
Series:	BFI Film Classics Series
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 7.48(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

Michael Eaton is a screenwriter and playwright. His screen credits include Fellow Traveller, Signs and Wonders, Shoot to Kill and Why Lockerbie?