1. Roman Polanski’s
Chinatown (1937)
Jack Nicholson
Detective J.J. Gittes
Faye Dunaway
The Real Evelyn Mulwray

2. Hollis Mulwray
“accidental drowning”
Noah Cross
1) Murderer of Hollis Mulwray
2) Father of Evelyn Mulwray
3) Father of Evelyn Mulwray’s daughter

3. Mrs. Mulwray killed
“Forget it Jake, It’s Chinatown”

4. Curtis Hanson’s
L.A. Confidential
Guy Pearce:(Left)
Officer Ed Exley
Kevin Spacey: (Right)
Officer Jack Vincennes
Russell Crowe: (Center)
Officer Bud White

5. Police Captain Dudley Smith
1) Responsible for Night Owl
Massacre
2) Leader of Mickey Cohen’s
drug cartel
Night Owl Massacre
Death of police officer
and model

6. The Love Interest
Lynn Bracken
(Kim Basinger)

7. The Victor
“They’re using me,
so for right now I’m
using them.”

9. Character Comparison I
J.J. Gittes
Bud White

10. Character Comparison II
J.J. Gittes
Jack Vincennes

11. Character Comparison III
Ed Exley

13. Jerry Goldsmith
Chinatown
Love Theme
0.18-0.40
L.A. Confidential
The Victor
0.0-0.30

14. Formal Diagram of Main Themes
Love Theme From Chinatown :
Intro------A------(String/Trumpet transition)------(Strings B)----------A
LA Confidential, The Victor:
A -----(horn transition)----(Strings B)-------A-----Outro