Sometimes conventional wisdom is true: there has been no greater original screenplay in the last 50 years than the one Robert Towne wrote for Chinatown.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/chinatown-movie-anniversary
Chinatown at 50: has there been a greater screenplay since?
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