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Genres:
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Mystery /
Thriller
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Director:
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Roman Polanski
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Actors:
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Roman Polanski,
Diane Ladd,
Bruce Glover,
Perry Lopez,
Darrell Zwerling,
Nandu Hinds,
James O'Rear,
Jack Nicholson,
Faye Dunaway,
John Huston,
John Hillerman,
Roy Jenson,
Richard Bakalyan,
Joe Mantell,
James Hong
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Duration:
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131 min.
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Rating:
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(8.5/10)120.5
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Plot Summary:
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Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is firm during a rouse ripple in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a O shortfall as a result of an ongoing drought. Individual investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective intercession specializing in wedded strife and infidelity. When a shopper posing as the wife of the L.A. cut commissioner hires him to spy on her husband, who is rumored to be having an affair with a younger sweetie, Jake uncovers a lot against the commissioner--but this is solitary the tip of the iceberg. Yet to emerge are a making out scandal implicating the manifest Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a legitimate estate chouse of tremendous proportions devised by her father, substantial tycoon Noah Delete (John Huston), who has a Brobdingnagian network of dishonest megalopolis officials and landowners support him up.
... With stellar contributions from Robert Towne, whose play recalls the strict-boiled cynicism of the writings of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett; headman of photography John Alonzo; television creator Richard Sylbert; and composer Jerry Goldsmith, CHINATOWN evolved into a complex and superbly crafted duration drama that represents Polanski's most critically acclaimed film.
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CHINA!
As a intricate, detailed detective story the film is an above-average work, with Towne's script containing the maturity, and wicked sense of humor, of a James M. Cain or Raymond Chandler novel. When the thrills come they come as being striking. And when humanity and compassion get thrown into the mix, the film reaches a whole other plane of intelligence. The last third of the film could turn off some of the audience (depending on one's own level of belief), but it holds strong thanks to the performances. Nicholson doesn't over-step his bounds in any scene, finding the right notes in suggestive conversations. Dunaway is better than expected (though I'm not sure if it's an great performance). And Huston's Noah Cross is one of the more disturbing villains of that perio...
Chinatown
Polanski's masterly film noir takes us back to the days when Los Angeles was a small town. Jack Nicholson stars
Chinatown marked Roman Polanski's return to Hollywood filmmaking after the 1969 murder of his wife, Sharon Tate. As such, it's no surprise his film is caustic and uncompromising, with no good guys or happy endings.
In 1930s Los Angeles, cop-turned-private eye JJ 'Jake' Gittes (Jack Nicholson) makes a living from sleazy divorce cases, and is called upon to investigate the private life of Hollis Mulwray, the head of the Department of Water and Power. It seems like straightforward adultery - but Gittes is in way over his head before he's even started.
Mulwray is murdered. After Gittes encounters Mulwray's beautiful wife Evelyn (Faye Du...
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