“You’re a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses!”
Chinatown screens Wednesday May 17th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.
Chinatown (1974) is a seminal classic of ’70s cinema, with Jack Nicholson excellent as Jake Gittes, a mostly-ethical former cop-turned-private detective in 1930s Los Angeles who believes he’s been hired by the wife of the chief engineer of the Water and Power Department. He thinks her husband’s cheating on her but, as it turns out, she’s not the real Mrs. at all, and so propels Gittes into a tug-of-war between powerful ex-partners, with carnality and family secrets the key to unraveling the mystery.
Chinatown screens Wednesday May 17th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.
Chinatown (1974) is a seminal classic of ’70s cinema, with Jack Nicholson excellent as Jake Gittes, a mostly-ethical former cop-turned-private detective in 1930s Los Angeles who believes he’s been hired by the wife of the chief engineer of the Water and Power Department. He thinks her husband’s cheating on her but, as it turns out, she’s not the real Mrs. at all, and so propels Gittes into a tug-of-war between powerful ex-partners, with carnality and family secrets the key to unraveling the mystery.
- 5/15/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This story first appeared in the Oct. 30 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. This summer, L.A.'s Department of Water and Power slowly began draining Silver Lake's eponymous 800 million-gallon reservoir in order to install a pipeline to a new underground water storage tank a mile away. The massive task — undertaken to meet more stringent federal water-quality standards — is expected to take about 18 months. Along with street closures, construction noise and debris, the project will see the neighborhood's pride and joy transformed from a shimmering
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- 10/26/2015
- by Pauline O'Connor
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Corey Feldman landed the role of a lifetime ... villain in a real-life disaster movie. It's a life or death scenario and his co-star is the California drought. Scene: A gated home in suburban Encino, CA, with plenty of trees and grass. Dept. of Water and Power operator: "Mr. Feldman, it seems you haven't paid your water bill for 2011. We don't mean to bother you but you owe $6,170.18 Corey: Yeah, yeah, you'll get your money. My business manager's on it.
- 9/21/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A sprinkler on Universal Studios theme park property was gushing water Friday near the 101 Freeway, CBS reports. A cellphone video showed the sprinker running around 1:15 p.m. alongside the 101 near Barham Boulevard in Universal City, raining down water onto vehicles. In light of California's current drought, outdoor watering is prohibited from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the L.A. Department of Water and Power. An NBCUniversal rep told CBS that a broken sprinkler was to blame and has now been fixed. Read More "When I Pee, I Don't Flush": How Hollywood Is
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- 6/21/2015
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The quiet summer campus of UCLA found itself suddenly steeped in water and chaos after a major water pipe burst and spewed some eight million gallons, stranding people in parking garages and flooding the school's storied basketball court less than two years after a major renovation. The 30-inch, nearly century-old pipe burst under nearby Sunset Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon, sending water 30 feet into the air, opening a 15-foot hole in the street and inundating part of the campus that was soon swarmed with police and firefighters. "Unfortunately UCLA was the sink for this water source," UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said.
- 7/30/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Hispanicize 2014 Reveals Official Film Festival Selections, Presented by: Aarp, MyLingo.com, and Regal Cinemas
Festival will feature filmmaking stars Edward James Olmos, Nicholas Gonzales, Diego Luna, and many more
Miami Beach, Fl – March 28, 2014 – (Hispanicize Wire) – With a strong star presence and a national Hispanic media and social media stage as the backdrop, Hispanicize 2014 organizers today unveiled the event’s film festival selections, celebrity screenings and professional development sessions. Hispanicize 2014 (http://www.hispanicizeevent.com/), the largest annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in social media, journalism, advertising, public relations, film, music and innovation, will take place at the Intercontinental in downtown Miami, April 1-4.
This year’s film selections are: “ Cesar Chavez”, “Water and Power”, “Sleeping with The Fishes”, “Avenues”, “The House That Jack Built”, and six short films: “Missing Grandma,” “J-1”, “Tender Love”, “Reason Y I’m Single”, “ The Price We Pay” and “Stereotypically Me”.
Hollywood celebrities confirmed to...
Festival will feature filmmaking stars Edward James Olmos, Nicholas Gonzales, Diego Luna, and many more
Miami Beach, Fl – March 28, 2014 – (Hispanicize Wire) – With a strong star presence and a national Hispanic media and social media stage as the backdrop, Hispanicize 2014 organizers today unveiled the event’s film festival selections, celebrity screenings and professional development sessions. Hispanicize 2014 (http://www.hispanicizeevent.com/), the largest annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in social media, journalism, advertising, public relations, film, music and innovation, will take place at the Intercontinental in downtown Miami, April 1-4.
This year’s film selections are: “ Cesar Chavez”, “Water and Power”, “Sleeping with The Fishes”, “Avenues”, “The House That Jack Built”, and six short films: “Missing Grandma,” “J-1”, “Tender Love”, “Reason Y I’m Single”, “ The Price We Pay” and “Stereotypically Me”.
Hollywood celebrities confirmed to...
- 3/30/2014
- by El Mayimbe
- LRMonline.com
“Look, it’s been swell, but the swelling’s gone down!”
The Thing With Two Heads, Danger Diabolik, Gator Bait, and The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T are a few of the movies they’ve screened in the past at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. Always the first Wednesday evening of every month, the fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143). This week, on Wednesday April 2nd at 8pm, they’re venturing it’s sheer ’90s insanity with the amazing Tank Girl!
Admission is only $4!
Tank Girl (1995) is the story of a futuristic feminist superhero and her fight to preserve the environment against an evil government bureaucracy. The action is set in the year 2033, after an ecological disaster of drought and pollution has ravaged the countryside, and water is scarce. Tank Girl (Lori Petty) is a sassy punker...
The Thing With Two Heads, Danger Diabolik, Gator Bait, and The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T are a few of the movies they’ve screened in the past at Webster University’s Strange Brew cult film series. Always the first Wednesday evening of every month, the fun happens at Schlafly Bottleworks Restaurant and Bar in Maplewood (7260 Southwest Ave.- at Manchester – Maplewood, Mo 63143). This week, on Wednesday April 2nd at 8pm, they’re venturing it’s sheer ’90s insanity with the amazing Tank Girl!
Admission is only $4!
Tank Girl (1995) is the story of a futuristic feminist superhero and her fight to preserve the environment against an evil government bureaucracy. The action is set in the year 2033, after an ecological disaster of drought and pollution has ravaged the countryside, and water is scarce. Tank Girl (Lori Petty) is a sassy punker...
- 3/28/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chinatown
Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Robert Towne
1974, USA
Film noir comes full circle in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974). Thirty years before its release, crime dramas saw the birth of a fundamental character – the noir hero. From Dashiell Hammett to Raymond Chandler, The Maltese Falcon (1941) to The Big Sleep (1946), the noir hero inhabits a world of hopelessness and dark tragedy. The Maltese Falcon saw Humphrey Bogart’s inaugural portrayal of this amoral anti-hero and began film noir as we know it. It also happens to have been directed by John Huston who in Chinatown brings to life the character of scheming millionaire Noah Cross. And so, years after spear-heading the genre, Huston returns in what is possibly the best neo-noir to beguile another tortured noir hero, Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson).
Private investigator J.J. “Jake” Gittes finds himself agreeing to take on an adultery case. A woman claiming to...
Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Robert Towne
1974, USA
Film noir comes full circle in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974). Thirty years before its release, crime dramas saw the birth of a fundamental character – the noir hero. From Dashiell Hammett to Raymond Chandler, The Maltese Falcon (1941) to The Big Sleep (1946), the noir hero inhabits a world of hopelessness and dark tragedy. The Maltese Falcon saw Humphrey Bogart’s inaugural portrayal of this amoral anti-hero and began film noir as we know it. It also happens to have been directed by John Huston who in Chinatown brings to life the character of scheming millionaire Noah Cross. And so, years after spear-heading the genre, Huston returns in what is possibly the best neo-noir to beguile another tortured noir hero, Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson).
Private investigator J.J. “Jake” Gittes finds himself agreeing to take on an adultery case. A woman claiming to...
- 5/29/2013
- by Katherine Springer
- SoundOnSight
After a lengthy hiatus, the Tivoli Theater’s Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight series is back!
Things kick off this weekend (May 3rd and 4th) with the 1995 sci-fi comedy Tank Girl based on the late-80’s British comic book originally created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlitt.
This weekend’s Midnight show is sponsored by Star Clipper Comics and they are bringing St. Louis native and comic book artist Jim Mahfood to the Tivoli to speak. Jim is the creator of the comic book series Grrl Scouts as well as his strip Stupid Comics and is an illustrator on the current Tank Girl Comic Book.
Tank Girl is the story of a futuristic feminist superhero and her fight to preserve the environment against an evil government bureaucracy. The action is set in the year 2033, after an ecological disaster of drought and pollution has ravaged the countryside, and water is scarce.
Things kick off this weekend (May 3rd and 4th) with the 1995 sci-fi comedy Tank Girl based on the late-80’s British comic book originally created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlitt.
This weekend’s Midnight show is sponsored by Star Clipper Comics and they are bringing St. Louis native and comic book artist Jim Mahfood to the Tivoli to speak. Jim is the creator of the comic book series Grrl Scouts as well as his strip Stupid Comics and is an illustrator on the current Tank Girl Comic Book.
Tank Girl is the story of a futuristic feminist superhero and her fight to preserve the environment against an evil government bureaucracy. The action is set in the year 2033, after an ecological disaster of drought and pollution has ravaged the countryside, and water is scarce.
- 4/29/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Ann Arbor Film Festival, having survived their half-a-century blowout in 2012, is back with another rip-roarin’ 51st edition in 2013, which will run from March 19-24, screening a mind-boggling amount of experimental short films and a few features.
Highlights of the fest include:
Special presentations by this year’s jurors, including Marcin Gizycki round-up of Polish animation from the 1950s to the present; Laida Lertxundi’s selection of some of her films as well as her biggest influences; and Kevin Jerome Everson’s mini-retrospective of his own films.
There’s also special tributes to Pat O’Neill, including a retrospective of his short films from the ’70s to the present as well as a screening of his 1989 35mm experimental epic Water and Power; Suzan Pitt, with selections of short films from her career; and a screening of Ken Burns’ latest doc The Central Park Five, co-directed with his daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon,...
Highlights of the fest include:
Special presentations by this year’s jurors, including Marcin Gizycki round-up of Polish animation from the 1950s to the present; Laida Lertxundi’s selection of some of her films as well as her biggest influences; and Kevin Jerome Everson’s mini-retrospective of his own films.
There’s also special tributes to Pat O’Neill, including a retrospective of his short films from the ’70s to the present as well as a screening of his 1989 35mm experimental epic Water and Power; Suzan Pitt, with selections of short films from her career; and a screening of Ken Burns’ latest doc The Central Park Five, co-directed with his daughter Sarah Burns and son-in-law David McMahon,...
- 3/19/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Time has lessened our sense that this superlative 1974 film is simply a pastiche of the classic 30s gumshoe thrillers – it now looks like a straightforward classic
"Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough," says John Huston's crooked construction magnate Noah Cross in this remarkable neo-noir by Roman Polanski, now nationally rereleased in cinemas (like Repulsion) in connection with a retrospective at London's BFI Southbank. What the passage of time has done for this superlative 1974 film is progressively lessen our sense of its being simply a modern pastiche of the classic 30s gumshoe thrillers. The time-gap has narrowed, and it now looks like a classic in a direct line of succession to those earlier pictures.
Jack Nicholson has the Bogartian role of Jake Gittes, the La private investigator who sticks his nose into a corrupt conspiracy in the state's Department of Water and Power.
"Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough," says John Huston's crooked construction magnate Noah Cross in this remarkable neo-noir by Roman Polanski, now nationally rereleased in cinemas (like Repulsion) in connection with a retrospective at London's BFI Southbank. What the passage of time has done for this superlative 1974 film is progressively lessen our sense of its being simply a modern pastiche of the classic 30s gumshoe thrillers. The time-gap has narrowed, and it now looks like a classic in a direct line of succession to those earlier pictures.
Jack Nicholson has the Bogartian role of Jake Gittes, the La private investigator who sticks his nose into a corrupt conspiracy in the state's Department of Water and Power.
- 1/4/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Today’s Must Read is a fantastic sneak peek inside the Film-Makers’ Coop archives on the Capital New York website. Learn about the more oddball artifacts it keeps, the efforts to preserve older films and more. The only thing I object to is Coop executive director M.M. Serra flatly stating that experimental film is not “entertainment.” Yeah, I understand the need to differentiate experimental film from mainstream film, but experimental film is Highly entertaining! It’s just “entertaining” in different ways than plot-driven film is. Watching an experimental film is not a downer of an intellectual experience. It’s fun! Can we all start saying this from now on: Experimental film is fun!Rick Trembles tackles Ridley Scott’s Prometheus for Motion Picture Purgatory. Sadly, the Montreal Mirror, the alt-weekly in which Rick’s strip appeared for well over a decade went under last week.Donna k. also reviews Prometheus.
- 6/24/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Chicago – There are a few movies that I absolutely adore — the ones that come to mind when people ask me what I think are the best films ever made. More often than not, they are the films that first shaped the way I look at cinema when I first moved past the New Releases section at the video store to the classics of the medium. One such film is Roman Polanski’s stunning “Chinatown,” a film that has lost absolutely none of its timeless power in its recently-released Blu-ray restoration complete with new special features and interviews. It may sound cliched, but “Chinatown,” especially in HD, really looks like it could have come out last year. And it would have been the year’s best movie.
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The Blu-ray arrival of “Chinatown” is not just ushered in with the quality of the film itself or a spectacular HD transfer but...
Rating: 5.0/5.0
The Blu-ray arrival of “Chinatown” is not just ushered in with the quality of the film itself or a spectacular HD transfer but...
- 4/9/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Video Score is your guide to everything you need to know about what's out this week, all in one place. What's available? Which formats? Is it streaming? How much will it set you back? We'll break down the week's biggest new releases and some smaller ones that deserve your attention. Check back each Tuesday to find out what's hot that week and where you can catch it all!
Pick of the Week
"Chinatown" (1974)
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Story:
J.J. Gittes is a private investigator who gets roped in a conspiracy in 1930s Los Angeles that involves the wife of an engineer, her tycoon father and the resource the town needs most of all, water. "Chinatown" played a key role in a golden age of filmmaking and remains a classic to this day.
On the Disc:
The audio commentary by writer Robert Towne...
Pick of the Week
"Chinatown" (1974)
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Story:
J.J. Gittes is a private investigator who gets roped in a conspiracy in 1930s Los Angeles that involves the wife of an engineer, her tycoon father and the resource the town needs most of all, water. "Chinatown" played a key role in a golden age of filmmaking and remains a classic to this day.
On the Disc:
The audio commentary by writer Robert Towne...
- 4/3/2012
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
This week: Steven Spielberg is known for marrying sentimentality with epic drama, and that tradition continues with "War Horse," a movie set during World War I about the special relationship between a man and his loyal horse, and their struggle to reunite against all odds.
Also new are Matt Damon in "We Bought a Zoo," the documentary "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" and the Blu-ray debuts of "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "Chinatown."
'War Horse'
Box Office: $80 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 77% Fresh
Storyline: Steven Spielberg's epic film adaptation of the 1982 children's novel stars Jeremy Irvine as a young man who enlists during World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. The movie was nominated for six Academy Awards (it didn't win any) and costars Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Thewlis.
Extras! Both the DVD and the Blu-ray contain "A Filmmaking Journey,...
Also new are Matt Damon in "We Bought a Zoo," the documentary "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" and the Blu-ray debuts of "Madonna: Truth or Dare" and "Chinatown."
'War Horse'
Box Office: $80 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 77% Fresh
Storyline: Steven Spielberg's epic film adaptation of the 1982 children's novel stars Jeremy Irvine as a young man who enlists during World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. The movie was nominated for six Academy Awards (it didn't win any) and costars Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch and David Thewlis.
Extras! Both the DVD and the Blu-ray contain "A Filmmaking Journey,...
- 4/2/2012
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
When I wrote my review of the DVD, I groused that the .remastered in high definition. made you wonder where the Blu-ray was. Paramount has remedied that situation with the release of this classic modern noir onto the format. I guess they.ll only remind you to .Forget it. It.s Chinatown. if you complain about waiting so long. In the mid-1930s, Los Angeles private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Diane Ladd) to watch her husband Hollis (Darrell Zwerling) who she suspects is having an affair. Hollis works at the city of Los Angeles Water and Power and Jake trails Mulwray until he gets some seemingly incriminating photographs. He gives them to Mrs. Mulwray and...
- 4/2/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
My interest in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown originally stemmed from John Carpenter mentioning it as an influence in the lighting of his classic, Halloween. I remember being infatuated for a year or more with Chinatown. Something about that film is haunting yet seductive. I can’t wait to see it in high-definition and Paramount is looking to fulfill my wish.
From the Press Release:
Hollywood, Calif. — Teeming with murder, corruption, greed and sex, director Roman Polanski’s unforgettable classic Chinatown arrives for the first time ever on Blu-ray April 3, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, the film follows an intricate web of deception as private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) unravels a mystery involving water rights that are critical to the development of Los Angeles, as well as unspeakable family secrets. Written by Academy Award® winner Robert Towne, Chinatown was nominated for 11 Oscars® and...
From the Press Release:
Hollywood, Calif. — Teeming with murder, corruption, greed and sex, director Roman Polanski’s unforgettable classic Chinatown arrives for the first time ever on Blu-ray April 3, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, the film follows an intricate web of deception as private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) unravels a mystery involving water rights that are critical to the development of Los Angeles, as well as unspeakable family secrets. Written by Academy Award® winner Robert Towne, Chinatown was nominated for 11 Oscars® and...
- 1/11/2012
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 3, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $26.98
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
The Blu-ray debut of Chinatown, the 1974 Oscar-winning film starring Jack Nicholson (How Do You Know) and Faye Dunaway (Hurry Sundown), doesn’t come with any new special features, but the high-definition picture of the classic movie should be enough for the investment.
Directed by Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), Chinatown stars Nicholson as J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a private detective who’s hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) to investigate whether her husband is having an affair. In the scandal that follows, Gittes discovers that the woman who hired him was not Mrs. Mulwray, and when the real Mrs. Mulwray is found dead, Gittes ends up in a web of deceit, murder and corruption.
The R-rated movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actor and Actress for Nicholson and Dunaway. The crime film won only one Oscar,...
Price: Blu-ray $26.98
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
The Blu-ray debut of Chinatown, the 1974 Oscar-winning film starring Jack Nicholson (How Do You Know) and Faye Dunaway (Hurry Sundown), doesn’t come with any new special features, but the high-definition picture of the classic movie should be enough for the investment.
Directed by Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), Chinatown stars Nicholson as J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a private detective who’s hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) to investigate whether her husband is having an affair. In the scandal that follows, Gittes discovers that the woman who hired him was not Mrs. Mulwray, and when the real Mrs. Mulwray is found dead, Gittes ends up in a web of deceit, murder and corruption.
The R-rated movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actor and Actress for Nicholson and Dunaway. The crime film won only one Oscar,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Want to buy an electric car, but concerned that the power from your plug might be coming from a coal-fired plant? Consider moving to San Francisco, which is aiming to power itself entirely with renewables by 2020. The move, announced by outgoing mayor Gavin Newsom, will rely in part on a $250,000 grant from the Sidney Frank Foundation to analyze how to power the city's 950 Mw peak energy use with only renewable energy (including hydro power as a renewable).
So can the city by the Bay do it--or is this a civic form of greenwashing?
Last week, the city's Sunset Reservoir Solar Project, a 5 Mw solar photovoltaic system on top of the city's largest reservoir, was completed. That project alone is tripling San Francisco's municipal solar generation. But it's far from enough. According to the New York Times, the city also produces 3.5 Mw of biogas and 10 Mw of distributed solar, relying on...
So can the city by the Bay do it--or is this a civic form of greenwashing?
Last week, the city's Sunset Reservoir Solar Project, a 5 Mw solar photovoltaic system on top of the city's largest reservoir, was completed. That project alone is tripling San Francisco's municipal solar generation. But it's far from enough. According to the New York Times, the city also produces 3.5 Mw of biogas and 10 Mw of distributed solar, relying on...
- 12/16/2010
- by Ariel Schwartz
- Fast Company
Roman Polanski's 'neo-noir' starring Jack Nicholson and a killer last line takes first place in poll of Guardian and Observer critics
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It's the film that cemented Jack Nicholson's reputation as the best American actor of his generation, and it was the last film Roman Polanski would make in the Us before he fled the country in disgrace. Now, almost 40 years later, their 1974 release Chinatown has now been named the greatest film ever made.
The Chandleresque "neo-noir", with an Oscar-winning script by Robert Towne and a superlative performance by Nicholson as detective Jj Gittes, was voted into first place by a panel of Guardian and Observer critics.
Chinatown beat six other films in a shortlist...
The best romance films
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The best comedy films
The best action and war films
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The best drama and art fllms
It's the film that cemented Jack Nicholson's reputation as the best American actor of his generation, and it was the last film Roman Polanski would make in the Us before he fled the country in disgrace. Now, almost 40 years later, their 1974 release Chinatown has now been named the greatest film ever made.
The Chandleresque "neo-noir", with an Oscar-winning script by Robert Towne and a superlative performance by Nicholson as detective Jj Gittes, was voted into first place by a panel of Guardian and Observer critics.
Chinatown beat six other films in a shortlist...
- 10/25/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Roman Polanski, 1974
The near perfection of Roman Polanski's Chinatown starts with Diener/Hauser/Bates's haunting art nouveau poster for the film: an emblematic Hokusai wave breaks against Jack Nicholson's silhouette as the smoke from his cigarette floats up to merge with Faye Dunaway's medusa-like hair. The movie ends equally unforgettably with the line "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown!", as lapidary a pay-off as Scarlett O'Hara's "After all, tomorrow is another day."
Behind the angst-ridden film noirs of the 40s and 50s lie the social and political tensions of the second world war and the postwar decade. Similarly, Chinatown was conceived, written, produced and released in the troubled period that included the last years of the Vietnam war, Watergate and Nixon's fraught second term in the White House. But it retained its freshness, vitality and timelessness by being set so immaculately in an earlier period – Los Angeles in the long,...
The near perfection of Roman Polanski's Chinatown starts with Diener/Hauser/Bates's haunting art nouveau poster for the film: an emblematic Hokusai wave breaks against Jack Nicholson's silhouette as the smoke from his cigarette floats up to merge with Faye Dunaway's medusa-like hair. The movie ends equally unforgettably with the line "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown!", as lapidary a pay-off as Scarlett O'Hara's "After all, tomorrow is another day."
Behind the angst-ridden film noirs of the 40s and 50s lie the social and political tensions of the second world war and the postwar decade. Similarly, Chinatown was conceived, written, produced and released in the troubled period that included the last years of the Vietnam war, Watergate and Nixon's fraught second term in the White House. But it retained its freshness, vitality and timelessness by being set so immaculately in an earlier period – Los Angeles in the long,...
- 10/17/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, the Hollwood blockbuster had been born to combat the advent of television. Attendances had begun to dwindle, so the studios created big, epic movies, technicolour, and elaborate musicals, in an attempt to draw the crowds back in. This was initially successful, but as the sixties came in the demographic was changing. The audience had become younger, college educated, and wanted more from their movies.
Japanese films, and French New Wave cinema had become popular, and in an attempt to emulate these movies, Hollywood turned to emerging young filmmakers with new ideas and stories to tell. This period created some of the most interesting movies in cinematic history, and would become known as the New Hollywood era. This week, i look at five movies fom the IMDb250 Project that firmly demonstrate that era.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) – 8.0 No. 214
“This here’s Miss Bonnie Parker. I’m Clyde Barrow.
Japanese films, and French New Wave cinema had become popular, and in an attempt to emulate these movies, Hollywood turned to emerging young filmmakers with new ideas and stories to tell. This period created some of the most interesting movies in cinematic history, and would become known as the New Hollywood era. This week, i look at five movies fom the IMDb250 Project that firmly demonstrate that era.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) – 8.0 No. 214
“This here’s Miss Bonnie Parker. I’m Clyde Barrow.
- 3/8/2010
- by Barry Steele
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
.'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.. .Forget it Jake. It.s Chinatown.. With Roman Polanski in the news, it may be difficult to separate the director from the film. Chinatown would be his last Hollywood film before going on the run. It.s a fantastic film, a classic, and now Paramount adds some new special features to the mix. In the mid-1930s, Los Angeles private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Diane Ladd) to watch her husband Hollis (Darrell Zwerling) who she suspects is having an affair. Hollis works at the city of Los Angeles Water and Power and Jake trails Mulwray until...
- 10/5/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
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