Lieutenant Escobar and Jake discuss moral and ethical boundaries.
JJ Gittes Investigations
A look at the films of private investigator Jake Gittes
26 November 2021
14 September 2020
Dustin Hoffman does Robert Evans
Strange times! I hope you're all staying safe and well. It's being said quite often - each and every one of us could use a good laugh right now, so I think it's the
perfect time to take a look at some of the fun that Dustin Hoffman
has poked at Robert Evans over the years, despite a few denials and
bitter words along the way.
Robert Evans, the great 'Kid Notorious', sadly passed away in October of last year, a few months before the world went completely mad, but I don't think he'd mind us having a few giggles at his expense.
8 August 2020
Ben Affleck to direct adaptation of The Big Goodbye
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18 April 2020
Jack Nicholson: Blue Champagne
The road that follows the history of
cinema is littered with the bones of movies that didn't quite make it
to the finish line - all the way from unproduced treatments and
screenplays to fully completed films that never saw the light of day.
While it's something of a given that many a low-budget or independent
film project can suffer this fate, it's not something exclusive to
those without large resources at their disposal - even the
involvement of the most powerful filmmakers and movie stars
can't guarantee that a production in trouble can be saved from
cinematic oblivion.
Jack Nicholson is no exception to this rule, by any means. In the early 1990s, he was truly one of the greatest movie stars in the world, but there's an odd little entry on his filmography from this time involving a failed venture which few will remember, and far fewer have ever seen.
Jack Nicholson is no exception to this rule, by any means. In the early 1990s, he was truly one of the greatest movie stars in the world, but there's an odd little entry on his filmography from this time involving a failed venture which few will remember, and far fewer have ever seen.
JJ Gittes Investigations and beyond
With
news about any Jake Gittes projects, either past, present or future, in
somewhat short supply (although the upcoming TV show in development might create something of an explosion if it gets picked up, and once we're past these dark times), I'll also be posting articles about a few obscurities involving those who were responsible for the creation of Chinatown and The Two Jakes.
First up is the unreleased independent film from the early 1990s, Blue Champagne, produced by Jack Nicholson.
First up is the unreleased independent film from the early 1990s, Blue Champagne, produced by Jack Nicholson.
18 March 2020
SCTV's 'Polynesiantown'
In 1981, the sketch TV show SCTV dedicated the majority of one episode to a very loose parody of Chinatown, entitled 'Polynesiantown', following the noir-ish escapades of restaurateur Johnny La Rue (played by the late, great John Candy) who runs a tacky Polynesian-style bar/restaurant.
14 March 2020
Review: Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye
For three decades, I have devoured
every piece of information I could find about the film that set me
upon a lifelong obsession with cinema. Much as I would have loved to
finally see a dedicated print publication giving Chinatown its
due - something along the lines of Peter Cowie's wonderful, very simply titled, The Godfather Book, which partly inspired
me to start this blog - surely the story of the making of Chinatown
had already been told time and time again in multiple biographies,
articles and film histories.
When it was announced that an upcoming book entitled The Big Goodbye, by Sam Wasson (Fifth Avenue 5 A.M., Fosse), would tell the story of the making of Chinatown "for the first time", I was skeptical. My initial assumption was that this would just be a book collecting everything out there about the film and jamming it together in one place. The same old stuff that I'd read already, right?
Wrong.
When it was announced that an upcoming book entitled The Big Goodbye, by Sam Wasson (Fifth Avenue 5 A.M., Fosse), would tell the story of the making of Chinatown "for the first time", I was skeptical. My initial assumption was that this would just be a book collecting everything out there about the film and jamming it together in one place. The same old stuff that I'd read already, right?
Wrong.
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