Chinatown - Trailer Second hit-and-run by Polanski in Hollywood, equally impactful and successful compared to Rosemary. This is Polanski's homage to hard-boiled, with a screenplay by Robert Towne. A film with an "old-fashioned" imprint in modern New Hollywood, yet still tinged with modernity; Polanski adds his touch to make it darker, merciless, and more relentless than this genre already was, one of the few allowed to deviate from the predictable happy ending of old Hollywood. Two leading actors who are quite remarkable, a John Houston who embodies the triumph of the pathetic man destined to meet a grim end, but won't because life sucks and the film is a downer, see the discussion above, and a Polanski who gifts us with a memorable cameo. And enough has been said about "Chinatown," since even stones know it, just like Rosemary and "The Pianist." Rightfully so.