I recently bought this movie on a wimb off amazon because it sounded interesting and by god my expectations where surpassed. Excellent movie and is definitely one of my new favorites.
I finally watched it the day before it was taken off of Netflix and I was blown away. Really really good movie. I'm gonna have to buy the DVD or something so I can watch it again.
Let us not forget one of the most iconic scores ever written by the late Jerry Goldsmith, a last minute replacement for an inferior composer. He penned the music in only 2 weeks.
i watch everything i can get my Hands on, no matter the Genre ( i love Art), but Film noir is probably my favourite of them all if done right. the World in these Films, the characters, music, everything. it has something Very special and beautiful about it thats unprecedented. Thank You for all of these Videos
I love the movie" Chinatown" set in los Angeles 1937. I also likes the sequel "the two jakes "set in 1948. Both movies show greed and corruption very well. Love the period flavor and film noir of it ! Good review.
This is one of those movies I've seen referenced and heard quotes from my whole life but had never seen. Thanks for spotlighting it; I'll have to check it out now!
Nice job, again. Chinatown is a hard movie, great, but hard. You explained something I have felt about it for a long time but never quite put into words.
Thank you for your excellent summary of one of my favorite films. Tragically it's not just detectives who learn to 'do as little as possible', because we all interact with people, parts of society and situations that we can never be sure of.
Good analysis, especially the foreshadowing moments you highlight. I love Chinatown, every technical aspect from the seamless performances to the romantic photography, enchanting score and intricate screenplay is masterful. The twist near the end really throws everything on its head, and of course the last few minutes are just knockout. The handheld camera lends a really off-putting nightmarish quality to it, and the moment Cross drags his daughter/granddaughter away to receive the same sickening treatment as her mother/sister is truly haunting. Close to fifty years old and still so sadly relevant, but what a powerful story it is. Timeless really
One of my all time favorite movies...in my top 5 from 1965-1975 which is my favorite period of American films. I've always been a big fan of film noir, too--"Out Of The Past" is an all time fave, also. That last line "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown" always escaped me. You've cleared that up nicely. Thank you.
Excellent analysis! Especially why the private eye is such a great character in troubled times. Sadly, Chinatown is no longer on Sight & Sound's top 100 survey. Not diverse enough, I guess.
This review was excellent. You made it very clear how dark and depressing this movie was in the end. You know I just recently made a review of this one and I don't know if you would be interested to check it out and see what you think? See ya.
Love it and it's not all that cynical as it seems - Jack may want to be detached from the world but as he discovers his very detachment helps shape it.
I appreciate that! And I saw Miller's Crossing once years ago, but I should probably see it again. If you couldn't tell from the other videos, I have a thing for the Coen brothers (as their movies have appeared three times in this series...)
MarcusHalberstram88 haha yes that is true. I have to tell you, I work at a school in Sweden and sometimes we watch movies to engage the students in different ways. After we watched the assassination of jesse james, I showed them your video and it gave them a whole new perspective on the movie. All the students have so much motivation in the follow-up tasks because they find it interesting. Thanks for making these videos!
Ivan Power Wow, that is...insanely cool. Thanks for sharing that with me, wow. I'm glad you're using movies to engage your students (I think movies are an under-utilized tool in school), and I'm honored if my video was able to help with that in any way.
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What are your thoughts about the sequel, The Two Jakes? I attend to watch it, so I'm only asking about your opinion. Reviews are mixed, someone says that it is a worthy followup and hat the release date was too late, while others says that it is convoluted.
I watched this movie yesterday. I gotta say the beginning felt kinda boring and wasn't keeping me that much interested but I'm happy that I ended up watching it till the end. What a great film!
Although ''Chinatown'' is a masterpiece,describing in just two hours the timeless corruption of our society,the greed & immorality of people in key positions who possess money,power and influence,the final message the movie passes on the viewer is realistic but yet,so pessimistic.It shows that the only way to deal with all that vice,wickedness and brutality of our hypocritically democratic & equal to all citizens society,is to stay pathetic,detouched,neutral...Because if you dare to stand out for yourself,make a difference,demand or assert your right for justice, then the system itself will threat or destroy you ethically or even physically due to the fact that each and every aspect of it has been bought off.
SL026 Doing 2001 would imply that I have an in-depth understanding of it. Does anyone?(That being said, 2001 is the most likely candidate for a Kubrick film. I'd just have to do a lot of homework, so to speak, to do it justice.)
MarcusHalberstram88 Please do, I'd love to see one. There's a really interesting school of view where the monoliths are a symbol for the actual movie screen (16:9 widescreen), and that the breaking of the fourth wall happens whenever the monolith is in view.
Noah Cross set things up with the fake Mrs. Murray so that Jake would follow Mulwray and inadvertently discover where his daughter/granddaughter was being kept.
but it is also a movie about capitalism, it enables sociopaths like Cross, that movie is so timely, as if it's made yesterday, especially now with all the sociopaths uniting against Bernie, Biden or Cross same shit, different asshole. And what fucking happy ending, Polanski learned from his father that his mother was taken to the concentration camps! I am glad he prevailed over the Hollywood's ideology (very intentional) of hiding the evil of capitalism in the formula of a few bad apples that get what they diverse, even Oliver Stone succumbed to this in Walstreet. Polanski instinctively knows that capitalism is not far from what he experienced and that in fact without capitalism, there would be no fascism, see it played out again today
It has NOTHING to do with capitalism... It is malignant narcissism and corruption... Bribery was ALWAYS rampant in fascist countries. George Soros escaped persecution by helping Nazis..when he was a teenager. EVEN after Italy was liberated...bribery was the ONLY way to get anything done ....I almost married an Italian in 1974.. I was hesitant to live in Italy when he told me what real life was like there..
They did get sentenced to death but, Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional & they got life. I don't understand why after California reinstated the death penalty they didn't get their sentences returned to death.
SidV101 True, until the ending i kept wondering what was so special about the movie. But once youve seen it all unfold and rewatch it, you realise how masterfully it was put together.
I really don't understand why this movie is considered one of the all time greats...I feel like the entire water discovery and that whole investigation was pointless, and the ending was so ridiculous, I'm having trouble trying to understand this
Justin Alves Well, As far as I know this movie is considered on of the best by critics because they believe. It is a well crafted film which follows the rules of its genre but slowly brings it closer to reality as it progresses. Because at the end justice isn't served. The story isn't amazing the plot is decent, the acting and soundtracks are amazing.
J Alves It's not necessarily the story being told but how it's told. It's a story of injustice, futility, defeat. The plot is tight, the performances are practically perfect and the ending is poetic in its simplicity - mirroring the preceding 2 hours which are complex, detailed and knotty. Chinatown is a parable about power and the systems which prolong such power. But it doesn't shove it in your face, it's all subtlety, and that's why it's brilliant.
All art is subjective. But films that strike a chord with the majority are hailed as masterpieces. If you nitice most films that are acclaimed as one if the greatest ever have a self-serious heavy-handed air about them(which may well be necessary in accordance with the subject matter of those films). Where Chinatown differs is its treatment if the script. When you start watching it you won't get the feeling that the director is announcing that he is making a masterpiece. So as a viewer you watch this gumshoe carrying out an investigation with as much interest as carrying out your daily chorus mainly because practically we discover the case through the eyes if JJ Gittes. It is only after the plot gets denser that you really get hooked. In that sense Chinatown becomes less of a film and more of an experience. Therein lies its greatness. From an analytical and technical POV the way Polanski constructs the film in a matter-of-fact way without bringing attention to his directorial craft is a big factor. The film has a certain flow. The camera does not linger ling on potential evidence neither is there any announcement of earth-shattering drama. The only real announcement is a background music 10 minutes before the film ends when the action shifts to the cuty's underbelly in Chinatown. There are only 2 or 3 shots. And that killer last line! God. I totally understand if you cant get why this film is acclaimed so very much. The same thing happened to myself. The only thing I suggest is rewatch it. It will hopefully grow on you. Surely. You wont forget it either. Just like Jake. It's Chinatown.
It's not just you. I only lasted a minute. While everyone says it's a good analysis, he's speaking waaaayyy too fast for me to take it in. And I live in NYC where people talk really fast
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As much as I LOVE Jack Nicklaus' over the top performances (The Departed, The Shining, etc) his subtler performances are just absolutely masterful.
hey man if you like Chinatown so much, I just recently made a review of it. Feel free to check it out and see what you think. See ya.
Nicholson
Five easy pieces is a good reserved Jack n performance
Wow I had no idea he was an actor too!
Yeah and Tiger Woods was great in Barry Lyndon.
Chinatown is film noir at its best.
I saw that film when I was 15 years old. And after all these years I still love it. One of the greatest films ever made.
HEY! I’ve recently watched Chinatown and I’m 15, hope I’ll love it for as long you have
Have seen this movie so many times, and I can't go a year without seeing it again. The music too is perfect--sultry and languid.
I love Chinatown , from the moment that mournful trumpet comes in and breaks my heart again.
I'm still traumatised by the end scene. 💔
I recently bought this movie on a wimb off amazon because it sounded interesting and by god my expectations where surpassed. Excellent movie and is definitely one of my new favorites.
I finally watched it the day before it was taken off of Netflix and I was blown away. Really really good movie. I'm gonna have to buy the DVD or something so I can watch it again.
As soon as I finished this movie, I quickly searched for this vid! Great film, great video!
Let us not forget one of the most iconic scores ever written by the late Jerry Goldsmith, a last minute replacement for an inferior composer. He penned the music in only 2 weeks.
i watch everything i can get my Hands on, no matter the Genre ( i love Art), but Film noir is probably my favourite of them all if done right. the World in these Films, the characters, music, everything. it has something Very special and beautiful about it thats unprecedented. Thank You for all of these Videos
I love the movie" Chinatown" set in los Angeles 1937. I also likes the sequel "the two jakes "set in 1948. Both movies show greed and corruption very well. Love the period flavor and film noir of it ! Good review.
The two jakes
For sure this is the best screenplay of all time.
Great analysis of this film
you're a boss. great film. great insight.
This is one of those movies I've seen referenced and heard quotes from my whole life but had never seen. Thanks for spotlighting it; I'll have to check it out now!
Nice job, again. Chinatown is a hard movie, great, but hard. You explained something I have felt about it for a long time but never quite put into words.
Beautifully analyzed. Subscribed!
Thank you for your excellent summary of one of my favorite films. Tragically it's not just detectives who learn to 'do as little as possible', because we all interact with people, parts of society and situations that we can never be sure of.
Good analysis, especially the foreshadowing moments you highlight. I love Chinatown, every technical aspect from the seamless performances to the romantic photography, enchanting score and intricate screenplay is masterful. The twist near the end really throws everything on its head, and of course the last few minutes are just knockout. The handheld camera lends a really off-putting nightmarish quality to it, and the moment Cross drags his daughter/granddaughter away to receive the same sickening treatment as her mother/sister is truly haunting.
Close to fifty years old and still so sadly relevant, but what a powerful story it is. Timeless really
Great movie
Used to own it on VHS
Watched it many times
Never got old
Beautiful analysis. Keep it up.
One of my all time favorite movies...in my top 5 from 1965-1975 which is my favorite period of American films. I've always been a big fan of film noir, too--"Out Of The Past" is an all time fave, also. That last line "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown" always escaped me. You've cleared that up nicely. Thank you.
I always look forward to this series. Keep up the great work!
Excellent review.
great analysis!
Excellent analysis! Especially why the private eye is such a great character in troubled times. Sadly, Chinatown is no longer on Sight & Sound's top 100 survey. Not diverse enough, I guess.
great review man!
Super movie jacks greatest
Excellent summary.
One of my favorite movies of all time
Amazing analysis
They took it off Netflix :( I'll still get around to seeing it because it sounds really good and I agree with you a lot.
I watched with my father who never seen, and he loved
Love Chinatown, not at first though, it grows on you.
same
Well Done!
good video
This review was excellent. You made it very clear how dark and depressing this movie was in the end. You know I just recently made a review of this one and I don't know if you would be interested to check it out and see what you think? See ya.
Love it and it's not all that cynical as it seems - Jack may want to be detached from the world but as he discovers his very detachment helps shape it.
Love these man! You can really sense the pasion you have for these movies.
Have you seen Miller's Crossing?
I think you would like that movie :)
I appreciate that!
And I saw Miller's Crossing once years ago, but I should probably see it again. If you couldn't tell from the other videos, I have a thing for the Coen brothers (as their movies have appeared three times in this series...)
MarcusHalberstram88 haha yes that is true.
I have to tell you, I work at a school in Sweden and sometimes we watch movies to engage the students in different ways.
After we watched the assassination of jesse james, I showed them your video and it gave them a whole new perspective on the movie.
All the students have so much motivation in the follow-up tasks because they find it interesting.
Thanks for making these videos!
Ivan Power Wow, that is...insanely cool. Thanks for sharing that with me, wow. I'm glad you're using movies to engage your students (I think movies are an under-utilized tool in school), and I'm honored if my video was able to help with that in any way.
Can you do an analysis on There Will Be Blood?
I think it's inevitable. As long as I keep making these, I can't keep ignoring PTA.
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Hello claude....
Lol
What are your thoughts about the sequel, The Two Jakes? I attend to watch it, so I'm only asking about your opinion. Reviews are mixed, someone says that it is a worthy followup and hat the release date was too late, while others says that it is convoluted.
I watched this movie yesterday. I gotta say the beginning felt kinda boring and wasn't keeping me that much interested but I'm happy that I ended up watching it till the end. What a great film!
Chinatown
Although ''Chinatown'' is a masterpiece,describing in just two hours the timeless corruption of our society,the greed & immorality of people in key positions who possess money,power and influence,the final message the movie passes on the viewer is realistic but yet,so pessimistic.It shows that the only way to deal with all that vice,wickedness and brutality of our hypocritically democratic & equal to all citizens society,is to stay pathetic,detouched,neutral...Because if you dare to stand out for yourself,make a difference,demand or assert your right for justice, then the system itself will threat or destroy you ethically or even physically due to the fact that each and every aspect of it has been bought off.
I can only have hate towards Jack Nicholson because of what he said about Heath Legdare’s death. But he is great and this is a classic.
Most depressing ending ever.
Nerd Writer. Yeh!
why did escobar not arrest him at the end?
Jake or Cross?
He did his friend a favour
Do a Kubrick film next! 2001! The Shining! Dr Strangelove!
SL026 Doing 2001 would imply that I have an in-depth understanding of it. Does anyone?(That being said, 2001 is the most likely candidate for a Kubrick film. I'd just have to do a lot of homework, so to speak, to do it justice.)
MarcusHalberstram88 Please do, I'd love to see one. There's a really interesting school of view where the monoliths are a symbol for the actual movie screen (16:9 widescreen), and that the breaking of the fourth wall happens whenever the monolith is in view.
+Movies I Love (and so can you) you could do Eyes Wide Shut!!!
who sent the fake ms mulwray at the begining?
Noah Cross set things up with the fake Mrs. Murray so that Jake would follow Mulwray and inadvertently discover where his daughter/granddaughter was being kept.
but it is also a movie about capitalism, it enables sociopaths like Cross, that movie is so timely, as if it's made yesterday, especially now with all the sociopaths uniting against Bernie, Biden or Cross same shit, different asshole. And what fucking happy ending, Polanski learned from his father that his mother was taken to the concentration camps! I am glad he prevailed over the Hollywood's ideology (very intentional) of hiding the evil of capitalism in the formula of a few bad apples that get what they diverse, even Oliver Stone succumbed to this in Walstreet. Polanski instinctively knows that capitalism is not far from what he experienced and that in fact without capitalism, there would be no fascism, see it played out again today
It has NOTHING to do with capitalism...
It is malignant narcissism and corruption...
Bribery was ALWAYS rampant in fascist countries.
George Soros escaped persecution by helping Nazis..when he was a teenager.
EVEN after Italy was liberated...bribery was the ONLY way to get anything done ....I almost married an Italian in 1974..
I was hesitant to live in Italy when he told me what real life was like there..
Charles Manson and his gang should have gotten the chair.
They did get sentenced to death but, Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional & they got life. I don't understand why after California reinstated the death penalty they didn't get their sentences returned to death.
My problem with this movie is that before the twist, it was somewhat unremarkable
SidV101 True, until the ending i kept wondering what was so special about the movie. But once youve seen it all unfold and rewatch it, you realise how masterfully it was put together.
I really don't understand why this movie is considered one of the all time greats...I feel like the entire water discovery and that whole investigation was pointless, and the ending was so ridiculous, I'm having trouble trying to understand this
I didn't feel it was fantastic either, but it seems that we are in the minority. I really like Nicholson's and Faye Dunaway's performance though
Justin Alves Well, As far as I know this movie is considered on of the best by critics because they believe. It is a well crafted film which follows the rules of its genre but slowly brings it closer to reality as it progresses. Because at the end justice isn't served. The story isn't amazing the plot is decent, the acting and soundtracks are amazing.
J Alves It's not necessarily the story being told but how it's told. It's a story of injustice, futility, defeat. The plot is tight, the performances are practically perfect and the ending is poetic in its simplicity - mirroring the preceding 2 hours which are complex, detailed and knotty.
Chinatown is a parable about power and the systems which prolong such power. But it doesn't shove it in your face, it's all subtlety, and that's why it's brilliant.
All art is subjective. But films that strike a chord with the majority are hailed as masterpieces. If you nitice most films that are acclaimed as one if the greatest ever have a self-serious heavy-handed air about them(which may well be necessary in accordance with the subject matter of those films). Where Chinatown differs is its treatment if the script. When you start watching it you won't get the feeling that the director is announcing that he is making a masterpiece. So as a viewer you watch this gumshoe carrying out an investigation with as much interest as carrying out your daily chorus mainly because practically we discover the case through the eyes if JJ Gittes. It is only after the plot gets denser that you really get hooked. In that sense Chinatown becomes less of a film and more of an experience. Therein lies its greatness.
From an analytical and technical POV the way Polanski constructs the film in a matter-of-fact way without bringing attention to his directorial craft is a big factor. The film has a certain flow. The camera does not linger ling on potential evidence neither is there any announcement of earth-shattering drama. The only real announcement is a background music 10 minutes before the film ends when the action shifts to the cuty's underbelly in Chinatown. There are only 2 or 3 shots. And that killer last line! God.
I totally understand if you cant get why this film is acclaimed so very much. The same thing happened to myself. The only thing I suggest is rewatch it. It will hopefully grow on you. Surely. You wont forget it either. Just like Jake. It's Chinatown.
Well everyone has an opinion. Some which I can’t get. I don’t understand you.
Is it just me or can anyone else hardly understand a word this commentator's saying?
It's you
It's not just you. I only lasted a minute. While everyone says it's a good analysis, he's speaking waaaayyy too fast for me to take it in. And I live in NYC where people talk really fast
cross is trump
Blockhead
Hahahahahahahaha I'm a Trump fan but I died laughing at this comment.
Wow... you're an idiot. Wait, it's not that, its not you're fault because..... forget it, you idiot
Never cared for this film.