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3 days ago · Roman Polanski, French Polish director, screenwriter, and actor who, through a variety of film genres, explored themes of isolation, desire, and absurdity. His notable movies included Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown, and The Pianist.
- Yasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza (born May 1, 1959, Paris, France) is a French...
- Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni (born October 27, 1952, Misericordia,...
- Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is...
- Chinatown
In Owens River. Roman Polanski’s 1974 movie Chinatown was a...
- Death and The Maiden
In Roman Polanski (1992), an erotic comedy; and Death and...
- Yasmina Reza
3 days ago · Roman Polanski and Jack Nicholson on the set of Chinatown Credit: Alamy There was a problem, though. When improving other people’s writing, Towne worked fast. But when it came to generating his ...
2 days ago · Roman Polanski’s seminal 1974 neo-noir Chinatown has a great deal to reckon with. Chinatown centers on Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson), a private investigator working in Los Angeles in the 1930s.
4 days ago · By Bill Morris. July 2, 2024. Robert Towne, whose screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” won an Oscar, and whose work on that and other important films established him as one of the ...
3 days ago · Ironically, Towne battled with Roman Polanski over the director’s dark finale to “Chinatown,” a noir detective story portraying the corruption behind the forming of modern-day Los Angeles.
3 days ago · Wed 3 July 2024 16:59, UK. Robert Towne, the screenwriter known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir mystery film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, has died at the age of 89. Chinatown is widely considered to be one of the best screenplays ever written and Towne had also ...
4 days ago · Fashioned around the story of the Mulholland family and fights over L.A. water rights, the Raymond Chandler-inspired film also starred Faye Dunaway and John Huston and was directed by Roman Polanski.