Umsebenzi wobuciko ka-Roman Polanski, i-Chinatown, wadutshulwa cishe ngo-1974 futhi wadlala u-Jack Nicholson no-Faye Dunaway, futhi wafakwa phakathi kwamafilimu ahamba phambili emlandweni, ngomdlalo wakhe wesikrini, ka-Robert Towne, ngokuthinta kwakhe ubuhlakani, okwenza ifilimu engaphindi iphindwe, Manje iyahamba. ukuze ijwayelane nosuku lwanamuhla futhi ikakhulukazi enguqulweni yentsha yabantu abasha lapho ababhali besikrini abasha u-Tim Calpin noKevin Jakubowski befunde indaba yasekuqaleni engcolile yaba umongo womfundi, futhi bagcwalise amahlaya amnyama zonke izimo lapho ekuqaleni. babezimisele, kufilimnoir emsulwa.
I Sophomore, kuzoba isihloko sefilimu, ebhekise kubafundi abenza unyaka wesibili esikoleni samabanga aphezulu, futhi iphinde iveze ukuziphatha okungakavuthwa kanye nokukha phezulu njengalokho komlingiswa oyinhloko (edlalwe nguMischa Barton, The OC), umfundi oqasha intatheli eqeqeshelwa umsebenzi. aphenye ngetulo lenkohlakalo esikhungweni sakhe. UBruce Willis uzodlala indawo yomqondisi wesikhungo semfundo, umakadebona we-Operation Desert Storm.