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<p dir="auto"><strong>Sir_Shrinky_Dink</strong> — <em>9 years ago(February 02, 2017 09:56 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">THoughts?</p>
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<p dir="auto">Not a very sophisticated question. Normally if the OP starts his own thread of thoughts or specifies more where he wants to take the discussion, it's a little easier for us to bounce off of.<br />
ironically, when I made my top films of all time list, Touch of Evil was 2 and Chinatown was 3, so that's kind of random<br />
if anyone's curious, here it is.<br />
<a href="http://sophomorecritic.blogspot.com/search?q=top+100+chinatown" rel="nofollow ugc">http://sophomorecritic.blogspot.com/search?q=top+100+chinatown</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">I like both films equally well and own copies of each on DVD</p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1352536</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1352536</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:44:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Is Touch of Evil (1958) better than Chinatown (1974)? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:44:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>chninlp</strong> — <em>9 years ago(February 03, 2017 08:41 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Touch of Evil<br />
may be superior to<br />
Chinatown<br />
in most waysexcept for the score.<br />
Like I said, no noir film score is as great as<br />
Chinatown<br />
and that's very easy to prove.  Goldsmith's score is arguably one of the great works of music from the 20th  music, period; I'm certainly not the only person who thinks this:<br />
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204261704574274152752739772" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204261704574274152752739772</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1352535</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1352535</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:44:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Is Touch of Evil (1958) better than Chinatown (1974)? on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:44:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>James_Byrne</strong> — <em>9 years ago(February 03, 2017 07:33 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">TOUCH OF EVIL is superior to CHINATOWN in every way  its a no contest. The Nicholson movie has no right being mentioned in even the same sentence as the Welles classic.</p>
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<p dir="auto">They're both regarded as all-time great films but for me it's always about the film score.<br />
It is impossible for any noir score from either the classic noir or neo noir to be as great as<br />
Chinatown<br />
.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Touch of Evil<br />
is not even close.<br />
E pluribus unum</p>
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<p dir="auto">Touch Of Evil is much better.  Chinatown is overrated.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Both are excellent films.<br />
I'd say Chinatown is better.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Both are 4/4.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Both are among my  very favourite noir films, though they were made after the classic noir period</p>
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<p dir="auto">No, Chinatown is better.<br />
Don't blame me, I voted for Hillary.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Chinatown. It's one of those 70s films I love.<br />
Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath watch My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic</p>
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<p dir="auto">No, not even close.<br />
"He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior."</p>
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