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May 24, 2024 · Set in 1937 Los Angeles, the film stars Jack Nicholson as J.J. "Jake" Gittes, a private investigator who becomes entangled in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder after being hired to investigate the suspicious activities of Hollis Mulwray, the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
6 days ago · Chinatown is also acknowledged as being one of the first modern films noirs, or neo-noir as the style is known today. I discovered Chinatown for the first time in a History of Film Noir class in 1994 taught by Scott Marks at Columbia College Chicago. Obviously, it wasn’t in a theatre, but it was on actual film stock, and it was one of the ...
May 23, 2024 · Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston give powerhouse performances in the classic 1974 movie, Chinatown. Coming to 4K Ultra HD. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” So ends a film that is widely recognized as one of the greatest in cinema history.
May 11, 2024 · It’s fitting that Chinatown should be up there as one of Roger Corman’s favorite movies, given Jack Nicholson famously got his start in a handful of Corman-directed movies (like The Little ...
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May 22, 2024 · Paramount UK has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, and John Hillerman.
May 18, 2024 · It’s impossible not to think of Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil while rewatching this—it must have been a big influence for how pensive the ending for Chinatown was. It’s a rare case for everything in a screenplay to fall into places in ways that it did not seem at first.
May 22, 2024 · Paramount UK has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, and John Hillerman. The release is...
