Popular Culture Review Vol. 11, No. 1, February 2000

18 Popular Culture Review it’s Chinatown.” As audience, we also recall Noah Cross’/John Huston’s warning to Gittes: “You may think you know what you’re up against, but believe me, you don’t.” Coming from the director of the Maltese Falcon and one of the great patriarchs o f the Noir genre, this warning or threat is full of possibilities. Using the context of Cross’ statement, however, I wou