Umsebenzi wobugcisa wase-Roman Polanski, uChinatown, wadubula malunga no-1974 kunye no-Jack Nicholson kunye no-Faye Dunaway, bakwabandakanywa phakathi kweyona bhanyabhanya ibalaseleyo embalini, kumdlalo wayo weqonga, nguRobert Towne, kunye nomnwe wakhe wobukrelekrele, okwenza ukuba ube luhlobo Ifilimu, ngoku iza kulungelelaniswa nomhla wangoku kwaye ngakumbi inguqulelo yolutsha kubantu abancinci apho ababhali abatsha beescreen uTim Calpin noKevin Jakubowski balifundile ibali eliyinyani kumxholo womfundi, kwaye bazalise uburharha obumnyama yonke Iimeko apho ekuqaleni zazinzulu, kwi-noir yefilimu emsulwa.
Sophomore, iya kuba sisihloko sefilimu, esibhekisa kubafundi bezikolo zamabanga aphakamileyo abakwiminyaka yesibini, kwaye ikwachaza indlela yokuziphatha engafakwanga ebuntwini njengaleyo ye protagonist (edlalwa nguMischa Barton, i-OC), umfundi oqesha intatheli Ukuphanda ngesikimu sorhwaphilizo kwiziko lakhe. UBruce Willis uza kudlala umlawuli weziko lemfundo, igqala le-Operation Desert Storm.