POP ART: Episode 102, Chinatown/The Third Man

POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

DEVILICIOUS: Join me and producer, writer and Chairman of Here Media, Inc., Stephen Jarchow, as we talk Chinatown and The Third Man, two noirs with two of the most memorable villains of all time.

“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown” Simon Wiesenthal once said, For evil to flourish, it only requires that good men do nothing. Is that true? Perhaps…Sounds like it’s time for Episode 102 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of cinema with a connection to it. For this episode, I am happy to welcome as my guest, producer and writer and Chairman of Here Media Inc., Stephen Jarchow, who has chosen as his film the new Hollywood neo noir, Chinatown, while I have chosen the classic British noir, The Third Man, both films about people investigating a murder only to find out just how deep evil and corruption can run.

And in this episode, we answer such questions as: What is the attraction of evil and villains like this? Is Chinatown the perfect screenplay? Who is more influential on The Third Man, Hitchcock or Welles? What is odd about the depiction of Chinatown in Chinatown? How did Austria feel about The Third Man when it opened? Whose famous fathers appear in Chinatown? How did the Dutch angle get its name? What were the original endings to both movies and why were they changed? What happened to Polanski’s career?

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