Ep. 19: CHINATOWNSPLOITATION
Sep 25, 2019•2 hr 5 min
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Episode description
We discuss three movies that were clearly inspired by Chinatown. They all take place in mid-20th century LA, deal with morally ambiguous men exploring vast, evil conspiracies, and feature classic cartoon characters. Well, only one has cartoons.
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988, Robert Zemeckis)
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995, Carl Franklin)
MULHOLLAND FALLS (1996, Lee Tamahori)
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