The film won for best original screenplay in For the book, Wasson utilized extensive reportage, existing interview material and conducted some of his own interviews with experts. Of the four men, only Evans and Polanski participated. Skip to main content.
Trivial infidelity or not, the husband of the real Evelyn Mulray seemed to have had an extra matrimonial affair.
Even more intriguing, Hollis Mulray is also at the heart of a major controversy; he refuses to build a dam that would serve the interests of several powerful and rich people in a complex real estate scheme to appropriate cheap lands affected by drought in the San Fernando Valley.
A little bit of Los Angeles history might be crucial here to grasp this part of the plot: A similar dam was built in Los Angeles in , but the construction plans were so bad and the capitalist greed was so huge that the dam failed and flooded, killing hundreds of people in the Santa Paula area.
It actually has an unprecedented conspiracy magnitude and it could also possibly have life-threatening consequences. Another ominous detail is that the powerful magnate in front of Gitte seems to resemble the guy fighting with Hollis in the picture captured by Walsh. Well, at least as much as the limited visibility during the night conditions allow for a credible identification. And once again, the picture was taken the night before Hollis turned up dead.
Jack Gittes is in every scene of the film. The audience needs to identify with a protagonist that posses credible empathy, even if his morals are somewhat questionable. Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway — top artists at the service of the story. The ample character arc, from a sympathetic and charismatic but somewhat cocky, morally questionable detective, to an increasingly frustrated character, is very nuanced and extremely well-calibrated.
Nothing of that sort with Jack Nicholson. Polanski himself had a cameo as a stiletto-wielding hoodlum who slices Nicholson's nose open. Originally titled Water and Power, Chinatown was intended by scriptwriter Robert Towne to be the first of a trilogy examining the corrupting effects of Los Angeles's natural resources on the development of the city. But production of the second film, The Two Jakes, was much delayed and only emerged in , with Nicholson himself as director.
Everything he stands for is a great representation of just how much power can corrupt one person and everyone in their vicinity. Upon first glance, Evelyn Cross may look like the usual damsel in distress for the detective to save or the femme fatale he has to be wary of.
When it comes to cinematic private eyes, none could be more iconic than Jake Gittes. He did, however, reprise the role for The Two Jakes. Aside from the famous line about the eponymous location you know the one , Chinatown is loaded with quotable quotes that only use a few words to deliver one hell of a suckerpunch. Not only that, but the central mystery and everything that happens in between is airtight, with nary a plot hole in sight.
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