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Chinatown

CHRISTOPHER MARKUS: “I’m gonna go to the clichéd screenwriter handbook. The scene in Chinatown where Jake finally confronts Noah Cross, and Noah very calmly explains why he did what he did. ‘It’s the future, Mr Gittes. The future.’ Jake is nailing this guy with his guilt, and the guilty party

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