Review

Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye celebrates the movie Chinatown and laments Hollywood

Ron Cerabona
September 12 2020 - 12:00am
John Huston, left, and Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. Picture: Supplied
John Huston, left, and Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. Picture: Supplied
  • The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, by Sam Wasson. Faber, $39.99.

This is an excellent book on the making of a film. It's up there with classics like Stephen Rebello's Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho and the book that might have kicked off the genre, Lilian Ross's Picture about John Huston film's The Red Badge of Courage.

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Ron Cerabona

Ron Cerabona

Arts reporter

As arts reporter I am interested in and cover a wide range of areas - film, visual art, theatre and music, among others - to tell readers about what's coming and happening in the vibrant and varied world of the arts in Canberra. Email: ron.cerabona@canberratimes.com.au

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