Sunday, July 26, 2009

#44 Chinatown, 1974

Chinatown is a movie that stays with you a long time after you see it. This is Roman Polanski's best film. Some say it is Rosemary's baby. I don't cause I refuse to see a movie about a lady giving birth to Satan's baby. Not gunna do it. Chinatown was made after Polanski's wife and friends were brutally murdered by the Manson family. He did not want there to be a happy ending because he did not think it was fair and right for this movie to end in a good way. It is film noir which means it is a stylish Hollywood crime drama. Jake Gittes is the only detective that Jack Nicholson ever played. I watched this movie last week with my wife. One of the main themes in this movie is sometimes no matter what you do there is no right answer.

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