Movie: Chinatown (films, towns, watched, setting)

[blktoptrvl]

OK, I have not watched it in a long time so I don't remember a lot...

But what (if anything) does the place "SF Chinatown" have to do with the movie "Chinatown?"

[Mr. In-Between]

It doesn't. The movie's set in Los Angeles. They have an area called "Chinatown" too.

[Cida]

Not a damn thing. There are Chinatowns all over, including NYC and DC. In the movie, Jake Gittes used to work in Chinatown in Los Angeles, and it's meant to imply a situation where it's not necessarily clear what's going on.

[blktoptrvl]

Originally Posted by Cida

Not a damn thing. There are Chinatowns all over, including NYC and DC. In the movie, Jake Gittes used to work in Chinatown in Los Angeles, and it's meant to imply a situation where it's not necessarily clear what's going on.

Thanks. I can accept this... I saw an ad, and I could not remember anything related to CT in this movie.

[blktoptrvl]

Originally Posted by Albert_The_Crocodile

It doesn't. The movie's set in Los Angeles. They have an area called "Chinatown" too.

OK sorry, I mean't does this movie have anything to do with "Chinatown" (LA, SF or other).

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by blktoptrvl

OK sorry, I mean't does this movie have anything to do with "Chinatown" (LA, SF or other).

The setting of the movie is Los Angeles. The denouement takes place in L.A.'s Chinatown.

[Jezer]

One of my all time favourite films.

[jaypee]

IIRC, Gittes, the main character, used to be a cop in Chinatown and that's where he learned all the dirty dealings and crookedness that was going on.