Chinatown Comments

  • Hillard 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    I saw on HBO that Nicholson was still young in 1974, a private investigator. Suspense reveals shady and unknown past events. As a dark metaphor, Chinatown leads directly to the tragic ending of the story. Dam incidents, criminal incidents, political conspiracies, and family ethics are all linked together, with weak reasoning and weak movements, but the metal soundtrack in the 1970s created a unique sense of tension and enhanced the pleasure of watching...

  • Elyse 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    I re-flashed the DVD and went to sleep again. The whole film photography is basically black and dark. This "heavy oil and heavy salt" image style is unpleasant to see too much. The script was created by Robert Towne specifically for his friend Nicholson. He incorporated the anxiety brought about by urban development and the incompetence of Chinatown into an old-school detective story. The script is in general. Nicholson found out that the farmland was increased in value by changing the water...

  • Lizzie 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    The script is exquisite and born to be performed by Nicholson: both righteous and evil, and a strong aura is also born suitable for Polanski's guidance: black and gloomy, cleverly advanced and boring, and there are always so many cows at the end. Coaxing...

  • Jacques 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    Jack Nicholson was so young!...

  • Athena 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    Every time the embankment bursts, the evil is tumbling, washing the conscience of the city, and every breath is gradual. The truth is tingling the nerves. Every time I wake up, the old nightmare becomes clearer, so justice dries up and my nose collapses. He was bleed and his memories were dark and gloomy. He wanted to escape and was teased by fate. He said that it is impossible for people to step into the same river twice, but people might die in the same place twice. This place is called...

  • Alta 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    Polanski’s films are quite interesting [2018.08.19 rewatch...

  • Madalyn 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    8/10. Revisit. Character analysis: The worker who threw the affair photo at the beginning grabbed the blinds and wailed. Jack wore a decent white suit and took a bottle of wine from a pile of wine to comfort him. It shows that Jack pays attention to appearance, is sophisticated, and is more willing to welcome the rich. He listened to it from the barbershop. An erotic joke rushed back to the detective's story, and she didn't notice the subtle movements of the wealthy Evelyn's eyelids behind her,...

  • Curtis 2022-03-23 09:01:16

    Welcome to the world of extreme evil, where selfish desires ravage the innocent, ugliness stifles integrity, no matter how wrong it is to do evil, attempts to contain it will indulge evil, and everyone sinks in the darkness and cannot live beyond...

  • Hazle 2022-03-22 09:01:13

    The suspense of social issues is a noir film, with layers of torture, it is a bit of Zehuang's "Heaven and Hell". It is hard to find justice in the world under the control of the big capitalist. The ending is too dark, and the male and female thief Donna Wei is indeed suitable for this tone. In the movie, the wife of the Director of Water Affairs, who she plays, is the biggest fan in the film and the one that impresses me the most, but it is also the most unfortunate. With such a high-end and...

  • Okey 2022-03-22 09:01:13

    [A-] What is the charm of film noir? It is the struggle of the little people under the chaotic fate? Is it a bit of true feelings extracted from carnal relationships? Is it the visually charming contrast of light and shadow? Is it the evil of the upper echelon that is ready to move in the dark? Or is it the background of the times that continues to emerge as the narrative advances? If the above is true, then "Chinatown" is indeed a very classic noir film. Scheduling is still Polanski's...

Extended Reading
  • Vinnie 2021-10-20 17:48:31

    Director said

    Roman Polansi was born in Paris in 1933 and returned to Poland with his parents three years later. During the World War, his father was taken into a concentration camp by the Nazis, and his mother died there. Lonely and helpless Polanski was adopted by many Polish families. This horrible childhood...

  • Loyal 2022-04-19 09:01:18

    bottomless black hole

    Chinatown is a film directed by Roman Polanski about exposing the exploitation of the people by the dark politicians in the society at that time.

    The male protagonist Jack in the film used to be a police officer in Chinatown. At that time, because of the cultural differences between the local...

Chinatown quotes

  • Morty: [at the morgue] Jake, what're you doin' here?

    Jake Gittes: Nothin', Morty, it's my lunch hour, I thought I'd drop by and see who dropped dead lately.

  • Jake Gittes: Look, you sue me, your husband dies, you drop the lawsuit like a hot potato, and all of it quicker than wind from a duck's ass - excuse me. Then you ask me to lie to the police.

    Evelyn Mulwray: It wasn't much of a lie.

    Jake Gittes: If your husband was killed it was.