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- Private DetectiveInvestigationHaunted By the PastMurderCrimesDeadlyDishonestyLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- MysteryNeo NoirDramaPeriodThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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Place:
- CaliforniaLos Angeles
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- Award WinnerClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpieceOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- Twists and Turns
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- SeriousRealistic
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- Violent Content
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Chinatown, 1974
English
USA
Profile of Chinatown
Chinatown can be described as mind bending, cynical, and bleak. The plot revolves around a private detective, being haunted by the past, and power relations. The main genres are mystery, drama, and thriller. In terms of style, Chinatown is neo-noir and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Los Angeles. Chinatown takes place in the 1930s. The movie has received attention for being a classic, an Oscar winner, and a masterpiece. Note that it involves violent content.
Summary of Chinatown
Many films from the 1970s allow even the most gripping narratives to flow with the consequences of real life. Chinatown is a classic film whose intrigues and adventures culminate in life-changing moments for its protagonist, Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson).
Director Roman Polanski's classic neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, where residents suffer from a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. With stellar contributions from composer Jerry Goldsmith and screenwriter Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, Chinatown is a complex and superbly crafted period drama that has become Polanski's most critically acclaimed film. Private investigator Gittes runs a sleazy detective agency. When a client (Diane Ladd) hires him to spy on her "husband," who is rumored to be having an affair with a younger woman, Jake uncovers a plot against the man--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Still to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the real wife (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her tycoon father (John Huston), backed up by a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners who make life hell for the private eye.
This story crystallizes the impact of a chance meeting with the romantic ideals of the early 1970s, when the American urban landscape and economic power structures were in flux.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 June 1974 |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
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