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.
About the AuthorMichael Eaton is a screenwriter and playwright. His screen credits include
Fellow Traveller,
Signs and Wonders, Shoot to Kill and
Why Lockerbie?Book InformationISBN 9780851705323
Author Michael EatonFormat Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint BFI PublishingPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC