Since the mid-1970s, critics have maintained that Roman Polanski and Robert Towne's Chinatown

A. represented the first important film that used genre conventions but was not definable as a member of a particular genre.
B. created a genre philosophy that challenged the American values and ethics that had supported genre films up to that point.
C. opened up new territory for the film noir genre.
D. made the gangster genre viable again.


Answer: C

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