Chinatown
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- proper noun
- /ˈtʃaɪnəˌtɑn/
- Many film enthusiasts consider Chinatown a classic of American cinema.
- Chinatown director Roman Polanski
- Chinatown (1974)
- Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
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Watch on YouTubeBut there's an example of how great dialogue is, you know, like from Chinatown.
- But there's an example of how great dialogue is, you know, like from Chinatown.
- And and remember the first big surprise film for that, for me for that was Chinatown.
- Well, dude, you're talking about like Chinatown, you're talking about, you know, Cuckoo's Nest, that shit.
Examples
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It is Roman Polanski's Chinatown.
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The only happy endings are in Chinatown.
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Of course Chinatown was good, but I was working on this film.
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I have seen Chinatown, okay?
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You know, when they made Chinatown, everyone thought after the shooting was done, this is just a disaster.
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But when we talk about that movie, we call it Roman Polanski's Chinatown.
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Ever see Chinatown?
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But, more so, and I don't say this from an egotistical way, it's Bob Evans' Chinatown.
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Think of the Los Angeles depicted in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, a city that diverted water across 250 miles of desert to feed the growth of the San Fernando Valley.
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In Roman Polanski's Chinatown, Jack Nicholson delivers a captivating performance.
Idioms
- Offensive
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A person who has extra fat under the chin that makes several folds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chinatown as a film title comes from the place-name China + town, which simply means 'a city area with many Chinese people'. The movie uses that name to suggest a hidden, strange world behind the city, and that sense of mystery and corruption fits the film's story.