Bill D wrote:
"Has Towne written any actual hardboiled fiction, in novel or
short story form?"
Towne has published the script of Chinatown. I always found
it odd that it is the script of the finished film, which
contained several changes by Polanski which Towne fought very
hard against, but lost when producer Robert Evans sided with
the director. I'd really like to read Towne's original script
so I could compare it to the finished film. According to a
Towne interview I read (I think in American Film), Towne's
ending was completely different -- Evelyn shot Noah Cross and
silently stood trial while Gittes whisked her daughter away
to Mexico (hence, setting up The Two Jakes). Supposedly,
Gittes's earlier problem in Chinatown was also spelled
out.
But as much as I am looking forward to seeing MI-2 this
afternoon (I'm a big John Woo fan and I'm very curious what
Towne -- screenplay from someone else's story -- will do with
an action-adventure blockbuster), I can't imagine it falls
under this list's jurisdiction.
Mark
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