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it’s Chinatown.” As audience, we also recall Noah Cross’/John Huston’s warning
to Gittes: “You may think you know what you’re up against, but believe me, you
don’t.” Coming from the director of the Maltese Falcon and one of the great
patriarchs o f the Noir genre, this warning or threat is full of possibilities.
Using the context of Cross’ statement, however, I wou