Chinatown stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, and is a film noir throwback to some of the hard boiled detective stories from the 30's/40's.Hungary Jack wrote:I have not seen Chinatown. Thanks for the tip. Kurt Russell and Meryl Streep?maddash wrote:After the recommendations, Cadillac Desert is definitely on my list. BTW, the line "Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water" is from the movie Chinatown (you may have already known that). And Chinatown is roughly based on the California water wars... which makes Cadillac Desert even more intriguing to me.Hungary Jack wrote:I think that one has already been decided. Cadillac Desert tells the story in riveting detail. First the Owens Valley, then Parker Dam, which nearly precipitated armed conflict between an Arizone militia group and some cops from LA, and then the Central Valley Project.maddash wrote:Either you bring the water to L.A. or you bring L.A. to the water.
Interestingly, Santa Barbara has a desal plant which is currently mothballed. They pull some water from the Central Valley, and get what they can out of Gibralter resevoir (I hope to be hiking there in about a month).
Now, Kurt Russell was in Big Trouble in Little China (a fine movie in its own right) but he started with Kim Cattrall. Not sure what movie Meryl Streep was in... China Syndrome?