Grosso guaio sul set del futuro

Chinatown di R. Polanski (1974)

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Nessuno ha mai pensato che la foto del finale a sorpresa di Shining -dove Jack Torrance si scopre tra gli invitati al party del 4 Luglio 1933- potrebbe essere stata scattata "in realtà" al suo predecessore filmico, Jake Gittes?

About changing some scene in the movie, let's hear the discombabulating revelation by mr. Polanski himself on Youtube: "For example, when Gittes is photographing on the roof the couple downstairs, and I wanted to see the reflection of it on the lens of his Leica (...) a lot of discussing in which way to put it, to put it upside down or the way it is... the lens normally reflect upside down... and I thought for the audience's sake we won't put it upside down... Today I would definitively put it upside down."

Now, would THAT be a great idea? Look at these pictures:

I don't know what kind of lenses they put on Leicas, neither in the 30s nor in the 70s... Of course, today it would come out as kinda original idea.

Anyways, here's the possible result just as R.P. wants, in case he decides to remake the movie, so he can see I'm ready for my job as production designer; or whatever

I just don't care about anything that anyone else could call "reality" -- not to tell about "realism".

When I saw Chinatown for the first time I was about 15, and I used to live in the 30s already; it was a weird moment indeed. I was deeply in love with Paper Moon, which still remains one of my all-time favourite movies, and there is a single guy that links the two things:

John Hillerman

Tonite I've finally read the Truth about this issue: that "Peter Bogdanovich turned down the chance to direct" Chinatown.
NOW I understand.