Chinatown and Other Screenplays - Softcover
Robert Towne is one of America's most influential screenwriters. His screenplays are revered in Hollywood, and his lines and scenes are quoted from memory by countless fans. Collected here are two of his most famous and critically acclaimed scripts: Chinatown and The Last Detail. Each earned Towne a nomination for an Academy Award.Chinatown follows a seedy private investigator, Jake Gittes, as he becomes embroiled in a case far more complicated than he ever imagined and uncovers a conspiracy reaching to the economic foundations of Los Angeles.The Last Detail is about the lost weekend odyssey of two Navy lifers, Buddusky and Mule who are assigned to escort a court-martialed recruit to prison. The film celebrates their determination to enjoy their taste of freedom as they try to postpone the moment when they have to face the inevitable.Released in the mid-1970s, these two movies revolutionised Hollywood film-making with scriptwriting that is political and uncompromising in language and event, and complex in design and execution. This edition also includes an introduction by Robert Towne in which he discusses the craft of screenwriting.
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- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0571150853
- ISBN 13 9780571150854
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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Book Description tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Chinatown and The last detail.[Chinatown ][Last detail ] Faber. London. 1998. 21 cm. 275 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Collected screenplays. Robert Towne. [Last detail ][Chinatown. ][The last detail. ]. Originally published: New York : Grove Press, 1997. Includes: Towne, Robert. Chinatown. [Chinatown (Motion picture) ][Sight and sound. Sight and sound. Faber reel classics. A screenplay of the film directed by Roman Polanski. Together with The last detail directed by Hal Ashby. Limited edition with "Sight and sound" . ISBN: 0571150853 (=2933214=) LK116. Seller Inventory # 2933214
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