El gran adiós

Chinatown is one of the most memorable films of what is perhaps the most memorable decade of American cinema. Regularly included in the lists of the best films in history, its exquisite mix of classicism and modernity, nostalgia and disenchantment, beauty and squalor, have guaranteed it a special place in the hearts of many moviegoers around the world, but even Now nobody had told in detail the incredible true story that surrounded both the preparation and the filming of this authentic Hollywood landmark. In the hands of Sam Wasson, the making of Chinatown becomes the defining story of four of the most colorful and relevant characters in the Hollywood of the sixties and seventies. Here we have Jack Nicholson, one of the great stars who has given the medium at the most creative moment of his career, fresh out of The Last Duty and about to embark on his great and ill-fated love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here we have Roman Polanski, prey and predator, haunted by the savage murder of his wife, returning for the first time to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where he will soon plant the seeds of his own destruction. Here we have the feverish world of negotiations and speculation of Robert "The Kid" Evans, consummate producer at the helm of Paramount during one of the studio's heydays, under whose tutelage would emerge such extraordinary films as The Godfather, Harold and Maude, Luna. of paper, The confidant, Threat in the shade, The conversation, The last witness or Nashville. And here we also have Robert Towne, one of the most respected writers in Hollywood and an Oscar winner precisely for the Chinatown screenplay, widely considered the best original screenplay ever written.