How do you feel about requiring "a mystery" to include the solving of the mystery? (It's a common comparison.)
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Unfortunately, the sequel to Chinatown about the oil barons, The Two Jakes, got locked up in development hell and wasn't very popular when it was released Meanwhile the idea for the final movie got shopped around and stolen to become the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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And then the Coens took the basic idea of The Two Jakes and reinterpreted it to be the plot of The Big Lebowski (the detective and his wealthy client whose lover just vanished happen to have the same name)
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Also, a particular irony here that just occurred to me: LA's original Chinatown was demolished for the construction of Union Station. In fact, one of the arguments the press used to support the construction of the station was that it would destroy a minority neighborhood.
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(The present-day Chinatown dates to the 1950's, I believe.) The bond issue for the construction of Union Station was running against an alternative that would have built elevated lines for much of the Red Car system, and might have preserved it to the present day.
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