Eyes, frames, lenses, doorways, windows, photographs, mirrors, smoke, hands, flesh, water, power…

There are movies I count among my best friends, with whom I have loved, learned, and grown. This is one I treasure most. (Only for those who know their way around “Chinatown.”)

[notes to come]

a labor of deepest love, for Mrs. Mulwray and Gina Namkung (1937, 1974, and counting…)

… and, of course, for Matt Zoller Seitz, Kevin B. Lee, Steven Boone…

Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson is the founding editor of RogerEbert.com and has written lots of things in lots of places over lots of years. Mostly involving movies.

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