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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.
Jun 1, 2024 · 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 ...
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...
