Re: Bye Bye, Life/Goodbye, Happiness/Hello Loneliness/I Think I'm Gonna Die

On 2008-02-12 10:51:07 -0800, jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (James Nicoll) said:

> In article <fospfl$g5b$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Michael Alan Chary <mchary@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> In article <for9j4$omd$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> 	CHINATOWN I saw because I saw a lot of movies in the 1980s
>>> and early 1990s and one of them was the TWO JAKES. That felt to me
>>> like the inferior sequel to a good film, so I tracked down the
>>> original movies to see if I was right.
>> 
>> And your verdict?
> 
> 	I was right: the original is much better than the sequel.

If at some point you have the op****tunity to read the CHINATOWN 
screenplay, it's better than the finished movie, too.

Not that the movie isn't good, but the screenplay's a wonderful piece 
of writing and a pleasure to read.

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