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   Is Chinatown a neo-noir movie?

   • Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

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   Did Polanski change the ending of Chinatown?

   • Well, Chinatown is no exception. Some reports suggest that Polanski changed the Chinatown ending against Towne’s wishes. The end result was masterful. In an interview with critic Michael Sragow, Towne said “Roman and I never really had any arguments except one, and that was over the ending.

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   Is Chinatown a good movie?

   • 2012 - In the British Film Institute 's 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made, Chinatown was 78th among critics and 91st among directors. 2015 - The film ranked 12th on BBC 's "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world. [ 66 ] 1998 – AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – Ranked 19th

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   Did Nicholson make Chinatown a good movie?

   • Roger Ebert added it to his "Great Movies" list, saying that Nicholson's performance was "key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture", along with Towne's screenplay, concluding that the film "seems to settle easily beside the original noirs". [ 50 ]

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   What was Polanski's last film?

   • The Robert Evans production, released by Paramount Pictures, was Polanski's last film in the United States and features many elements of film noir, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama. [ 5 ] Chinatown was released in the United States on June 20, 1974, to acclaim from critics.

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   What is Chinatown about?

   • Chinatown follows the story of fictional detective Jake Gittes as he slowly uncovers corruption in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Energy. Gittes is an imperfect protagonist — a pseudo-hardboiled antihero that wants to see the good in the world but can’t escape its evil.

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   Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.

3. www.bbc.com › culture › articleChinatown: The real-life California scandal that inspired the ...

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Polanski and Towne's script may not have aimed for documentary recreation, but their borrowing and reshaping of real history allowed the work to stand out from its more fictional peers.

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4. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-chinatownChinatown movie review & film summary (1974) - Roger Ebert

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   Feb 6, 2000 · For Polanski, born in 1933 in Paris, reared in Poland, “Chinatown” was intended as a fresh start in Hollywood. After several brilliant thrillers made in Europe in the early 1960s (“Knife in the Water,” “Repulsion”), he came to California and had an enormous success (“Rosemary’s Baby,” 1968).

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6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0071315Chinatown (1974) - IMDb

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   Jun 20, 1974 · Chinatown: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

   • 8.1/10 (354K)
   • Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

   • Director: Roman Polanski
   • Release Date: 1974-06-20

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   Jul 18, 2021 · Chinatown is a 1974 neo-noir film that was written by Robert Towne, directed by Roman Polanski, and starred Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. The film follows the story of a private investigator who becomes embroiled in a far-reaching conspiracy.

8. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › chinatown-1974Chinatown movie review & film summary (1974) - Roger Ebert

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   Roman Polanski ’s “Chinatown” is not only a great entertainment, but something more, something I would have thought almost impossible: It’s a 1940s private-eye movie that doesn’t depend on nostalgia or camp for its effect, but works because of the enduring strength of the genre itself.

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   Chinatown (1974) Roman Polanski’s brilliant thriller stars Jack Nicholson as a private eye uncovering corruption in 1930s Los Angeles, a desert town where water equals power. Watch and discover.