To show the darkness is to call the light

Alycia 2022-03-23 09:01:16

It’s better to do nothing than to do nothing, the less the better it becomes Jack’s nightmare.

Chinatown is a metaphor where darkness is stronger than justice. If you want to survive peacefully, you must learn to keep one eye open

Many years ago Jack was a young policeman with a sense of justice, but his sense of justice in Chinatown became his disaster.

She tried so hard to protect a woman but ended up harming this woman

From then on, he left Chinatown and left this dark and sad place and opened a private detective to investigate some extramarital affairs all day long to make a living. He also became cynical. He buried his sincerity deeply in the past and faced the world with a hippie smile.

As a result, he lied to others but couldn’t lie to himself. No matter how much he suppressed his inner sense of justice, he still couldn’t extinguish the accident. After he was involved in a conspiracy, he could have escaped, but he got deeper and deeper.

Fateful history repeats itself again

He fell in love with a poor woman

At first I approached this woman because of suspicion

Later, I suspected that the two people would show off their mutual love

Then I was wise to doubt this woman again and almost identified her as the murderer

Finally, after I finally understand all the dark truths, I know how pitiful this woman is

He desperately wanted to help the woman escape. He failed once before. This time he must succeed, so he is willing to pay any price.

But the sad thing is that the woman died in the end

Justice finally lost to the darkness in Chinatown

It is true that Polanski’s hippie smile is behind the pessimism in the bones, but it does not make people desperate. In the heavy sorrow and regret, people desire beauty and perfection even more.

Therefore, to show the darkness is to call the light

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Extended Reading
  • Guiseppe 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    The horror cycle of Chinatown. Before the story, Jack lost his lover once in Alameda Street. At the end of the story, he lost again; sister=daughter’s dark setting; the dialogue scene at 110 minutes was written too much Well, after reading Polanski’s third draft script, from the inside to the outside, the inner drama of the characters is shown in the script without any detail, and only a few dialogues on the screen retell the whole story.

  • Maeve 2022-03-26 09:01:02

    The big screen has doubled the favorability, and the charming old-school detective novels and film noir styles are awkward; starting from family conflicts, accompanied by the lazy saxophone, he unhurriedly pushes his vision to the greedy and unscrupulous society On the dark side, the cocoon is endless, and finally returns to the family tragedy. The script is precise in detail and easy to retract; it is a desperate world, but it jumps out of the depression and gloom, speaks with its own chivalry, long and fascinating

Chinatown quotes

  • Noah Cross: Who's the investigating officer?

    Jake Gittes: Lou Escobar -- he's a Lieutenant.

    Noah Cross: Do you know him?

    Jake Gittes: Oh, yeah.

    Noah Cross: Where from?

    Jake Gittes: We used to work together - in Chinatown.

    Noah Cross: Would you call him a capable man?

    Jake Gittes: Very.

    Noah Cross: Honest?

    Jake Gittes: As far as it goes; of course, he has to swim in the same water we all do.

  • Noah Cross: It disturbs me. It makes me think you're taking my daughter for a ride - financially speaking, of course. What are you charging her?

    Jake Gittes: My usual fee - plus a bonus if I get results.

    Noah Cross: Are you - sleeping with her? Come, come, Mr. Gittes, you don't have to think about that to remember, do you?

    Jake Gittes: If you want an answer to that question, Mr. Cross, I'll put one of my men on the job.