In “The Dark Continent of Film Noir,” E. Ann Kaplan argued that a lack of children and a familiarity with, and ability to move through, one of these places after leaving a theater links Elsa Bannister to otherness. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give these places. A film named for these places sees a man slap a woman repeatedly in between the words “daughter” and “sister” and solve a mystery by finding a pair of bifocals in a saltwater pond.
ANSWER: Chinatowns [or Chinatown, Los Angeles; or Chinatown, San Francisco]
[10e] Elsa Bannister navigates Chinatown in this director’s The Lady from Shanghai. He directed Citizen Kane.
ANSWER: Orson Welles
[10h] Wayne Wang directed this chinatown-based black and white neo-noir in which two men search for the title character after an old man is stabbed at a flag waving day contested by supporters of Taiwan and the PRC.
ANSWER: Chan is Missing
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