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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
AuthorSam Wasson
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
Published2020
PublisherFaber & Faber
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN0571347630

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood is a 2020 nonfiction book written by Sam Wasson.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

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The true story of the making of the film Chinatown.

Critical reception

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The Los Angeles Times wrote "Sam Wasson's fascinating and page-turning description of the talent and ideas behind 'Chinatown' is more than a mere biography of a landmark movie; it aims to flesh out the wild and woolly era that incubated it, roughly the late 1960s to the late 1970s, and in this it mostly succeeds."[2]

PopMatters said "The Big Goodbye is a graceful and worthwhile elegy to a time dear to those who are lucky enough to remember it."[4]

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