Palmer, R. Barton. "Chinatown and the Detective Story." Literature Film Quarterly 5.2 (1977): 112. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 23 Apr. 2011.

In this article the author compares Chinatown with the movie “Rosemary Baby” and the play “Sophocles Oedipus the King.”  In the movie Rosemary Baby, the author will state that both Rosemary and Evelyn were raped and both tried to protect their child from evil. In the play Sophocles, he mentions that both Chinatown and Sophocles have protagonist that are trying to seek the truth. This article it had no mention on the noir elements. 

  

Johnson, Brian D. "'Chinatown' comes back to haunt him." Maclean's 122.40 (2009): 117. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 23 Apr. 2011.

The article is about how the author compares Polanski real life with the movie “Chinatown”. He talks about how in the movie there are certain scenes that relates to Polanski life. He points out how the plot involves the sexual abuse of a teenage girl and a corrupt L.A justice system which hits real close to home. Johnson will quote some scenes to show that what was said also hits home with Polanski. Like the scene where Jake finally confronts Noah Cross about Evelyn and her daughter/sister. And Cross saying “See, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that, at the right time and the right place, they’re capable of anything.” With this quote the author saying that Cross showed no remorse, just like Polanski.  

  McGinnis, Wayne D. "Chinatown: Roman Polanski's Contemporary Oedipus Story." Literature Film Quarterly 3.3 (1975): 249. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 23 Apr. 2011.

This article talks about Paul D Zimmerman a writer from Newsweek. Hoe Zimmerman states in the article “Blood and Water,” “Chinatown makes a moral statement of significance about recent U.S. politics and the potential for evil in all human aspiration” (74). In the article, McGinnis will also compare Chinatown with Sophocles, but more so the character Jake Gittes and Oedipus. How both tried to figure out the source of the corruption.  

Cordaiy, Hunter. "Through a lens, darkly: teaching CHINATOWN." Screen Education 54 (2009): 119-124. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 23 Apr. 2011.

The article attempts to analyze “Chinatown,” by describing it as a reconstruction of a noir story, or homage to the tradition of noir cinema. It sticks to the historical rules of the genre, deceiving and seducing. The article will go into more details about the concept of the movie in the noir elements. The detective and story structure, the irresistible femme fatale, dark places and fault lines. How the detective or private eye, is one of the most recognisable characters in noir storytelling.

Novak, Phillip. "The Chinatown Syndrome. (Cover story)." Criticism 49.3 (2007): 255-283. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 23 Apr. 2011

The article presents a criticism on “Chinatown,” it will focus on the characters of Jake Gittes and Evelyn Mulwray. The disagreement on whether Jake’s problem is naïveté or worldliness. If Evelyn simply reprises the role of the femme fatale. What the connection between Evelyn and Chinatown have with each. It criticizes how the ending does not conclude with the triumph of the heroic detective, but end with a sense of confusion.