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In Los Angeles erhält der erfolgreiche Privatdetektiv Jake Gittes von einer geheimnisvollen Dame den Auftrag, den Chef der örtlichen Wasserwerke Hollis Mulwray des Ehebruchs zu überführen. Bei seiner Beschattung kommt Gittes aber einer ganz. Chinatown ist ein US-amerikanischer Kriminalfilm des Regisseurs Roman Polański aus dem Jahr Er wurde mit dem Oscar für das beste Originaldrehbuch. Der Privatdetektiv J. J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) ist ein Mann, den sein früheres Leben als Cop in Chinatown mit einer ganz eigenen, dezidierten Moral gegerbt. Chinatown. Kategorie. Neo Noir. Land. USA. Erscheinungsjahr. Darsteller. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman. "Chinatown" ist in seiner wunderbar verworrenen Handlungsstruktur ein würdiger Nachfolger der besten Filme der schwarzen Serie. Die Scope-Photographie und. NICHOLSON und DUNAWAY prägen dann auch den Film, ihre schauspielerischen Leistungen sind grandios. Auch die Regiearbeit von ROMAN POLANSKI sollte. Chinatown spielt im Los Angeles des Jahres Jack Nicholson ermittelt als Neo-Noir-Schnüffler im letzten Film, den Roman Polanski in den USA drehte.
And where does he stand with Evelyn Mulwray, played by Dunaway as a cool, elegant woman who sometimes--especially when her father is mentioned -- seems fragile as china?
Then he thinks he loves her. Her father the millionaire is played by Huston with treacly charm and mean little eyes.
There is a luncheon where he serves Gittes a fish with the head still on, the eyes regarding the man about to eat it. Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
All is explained, relationships are redefined, and justice is done -- or not. Certainly the wrong people are alive and dead at the end of the film, but I am not sure Polanski was wrong.
He made the movie just five years after his wife, Sharon Tate , was one of the victims of the Manson gang, and can be excused for tilting toward despair.
For Nicholson, the role had enormous importance. Men see him as a pal; wise women find weary experience more attractive than untrained lust.
From Gittes forward, Nicholson created the persona of a man who had seen it all and was still capable of being wickedly amused. He could sit in the front row at a basketball game and grin at the TV camera as if he expected the players to commit lascivious deeds right there on the floor.
Now years have passed and film history blurs a little, and it seems to settle easily beside the original noirs. That is a compliment. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Jack Nicholson as J. Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Mulwray. Man with Knife Richard Bakalyan Loach as Dick Bakalyan Joe Mantell Walsh Bruce Glover Duffy Nandu Hinds Sophie James O'Rear Taglines: You get tough.
You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth. Edit Did You Know? Trivia At the time of filming, Jack Nicholson had just embarked on his longstanding relationship with Anjelica Huston.
This made his scenes with her father, John Huston , rather uncomfortable, especially as the only time Anjelica was on set was the day they were filming the scene where Noah Cross interrogates Nicholson's character with "Mr.
Goofs The tires squealing when Gittes pulls into the driveway of Katherine's house. Quotes [ first lines ] Jake Gittes : All right, Curly.
Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday. Crazy Credits The film opens with the 's Paramount logo.
Alternate Versions TV versions omit the "screwing like a chinaman" joke told by Jake. User Reviews One of the top films of all time 6 August by raysond — See all my reviews.
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Matt Neal. Mike Massie. It was with Chinatown that Nicholson made the world sit up and notice: he's in every scene of this film and he fills the frame with that heady mixture of knowing charm and explosive energy.
Simon Weaving. Tom Milne. Ed Travis. Nicholson is terrific as Gittes, and Dunaway, as a troubled widow, gives the performance of her career.
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How did you buy your ticket? View All Photos Movie Info. When Los Angeles private eye J. Jake's investigation soon becomes anything but routine when he meets the real Mrs.
Mulwray Faye Dunaway and realizes he was hired by an imposter. Mulwray's sudden death sets Gittes on a tangled trail of corruption, deceit and sinister family secrets as Evelyn's father John Huston becomes a suspect in the case.
Roman Polanski. Robert Evans. Aug 1, Paramount Pictures. Jack Nicholson J. Jake Gittes. Faye Dunaway Evelyn Cross Mulwray.
John Huston Noah Cross. Perry Lopez Lt. Lou Escobar. John Hillerman Russ Yelburton. Darrell Zwerling Hollis I.
Diane Ladd Ida Sessions. Roy Jenson Claude Mulvihill. Roman Polanski Man with knife. Dick Bakalyan Detective Loach.
Roman Polanski Director.
Home Filme Chinatown. Der alte Hollywood-Adel dürfte darin schlecht wegkommen. Filme Stream Ger von Chinatown Der undurchsichtige Privatdetektiv J. Rush Hour. Chinatown spielt im Los Angeles des Jahres Joe Mantell. 
Well-drawn and, of course, very well-portrayed by Jack Nicholson, the J. The disgruntled Carrie 2013 Ganzer Film Deutsch Fernando Valley farmers of Chinatownforced Brooke Ence sell off their land at bargain prices because of an artificial drought, seem like stand-ins for the Owens Valley settlers whose homesteads turned to dust when Los Angeles took the water that irrigated them. Dick Lochte. Truth Seekers. Edit Did You Know? Robert Evans Producer. Rudolf Friml Original Music. Jerry Goldsmith Original Music. Brian Hooker Original Music.
John A. Alonzo Cinematographer. Sam O'Steen Film Editor. Jane Feinberg Casting. William H. April 22, Full Review…. January 18, Rating: 2.
April 1, Full Review…. March 31, Full Review…. December 13, Full Review…. View All Critic Reviews Aug 30, In the 's a bunch of American filmmakers and actors were given a bunch of money and told to just go away and make movies.
And that they did. The consistent results led to the 70's arguably being the best decade in cinema that America has ever produced.
Chinatown is another of those films that can be considered a classic among this elite list and one of a few from this era of filmmaking that time has been most kind to.
When he is hired by Evelyn Mulwray who suspects her husband Hollis - a high-profile engineer - of having an affair, he gets on the case and produces photographs of him with a young girl.
It soon transpires that Jake was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray Faye Dunaway. When Hollis is found dead by drowning, Jake finds himself involved in a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and corruption that are all related to the city's water supply.
Opening with Jerry Goldsmith's seductive and evocative noir score, Chinatown establishes it's mood from the very opening credit sequence and a perfect introduction of what to expect.
Paying homage to the traditional gumshoe approach of Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Roman Polanski has a confident handle on Robert Towne's meticulously detailed screenplay.
No sooner are we introduced to Private Investigator Jake Gittes as he surveys the sun-kissed lands of Los Angeles while applying the tricks of his trade to tail and investigate the latest of his infidelity cases.
Like all good noir's, however, our doggedly determined P. In this case, the possibility of murder and the financial benefits of gentrification.
As a result, Chinatown becomes a labyrinthine puzzle of a wider political spectrum that reaches far beyond anything expected and where nothing is quite as it seems.
It's apparent from the offset that Chinatown is an impeccably crafted film with a measured pace and an attention to detail that has rarely been matched.
There's so much on display that it's obvious that the entire cast and crew are operating at the top of their game; Richard Sylbert's production design perfectly captures the look and feel for 's L.
Alonzo's sumptuous cinematography. It's the twists and turns of Towne's Oscar winning script that impress the most, though. He keeps us at arms length for the majority of the film and never forces his hand a minute too soon.
Nothing is rushed here as it marvels in patience. Even the title of the movie is elusive and doesn't fully make sense until the film is given time to play out.
In the meantime, Towne and Polanski tease with smidgens of information peppered throughout the narrative.
For the first time viewer this could be a slight challenge but Chinatown has grown in its stature over the years because it's has replay value.
In fact, it demands it. This is not a film that can be appreciated in one sitting but if invested in, it all comes together masterfully.
Even Jack Nicholson and his penchant for grandstanding is kept to a minimum. Nicholson keeps his usual histrionics at bay and although he displays flashes of his energetic approach to a character, his Jake Gittes is a far more reserved performance.
Oscar nominated for his work, some still claim this to be Jack's best performance and it's not hard to see why. An elusive masterpiece of mystery and intrigue.
The beauty of Chinatown's narrative lies in the deceitful lies told by it's characters. So much of the dialogue and interactions are not what they seem and it maintains a sense of secrecy and mistrust that the story and film thrive on.
At one point, John Huston's callous and calculated Noah Cross says It may be blasphemous to some if not many but my favourite of the sub-genre is still Curtis Hanson's L.
That said, Hanson's vision for that James Ellroy adaptation would, most likely, never have been possible had it not been for Chinatown leading the way in its style and composition.
This is a timeless piece of cinema. Of course, the 's setting lends a hand but Chinatown hasn't aged in over 40 years which is a real testament to Polanski's approach to the material and the exemplary work by all involved.
Mark Walker. Mark W Super Reviewer. Sep 05, A twisty noir thriller with a killer finale, Chinatown has aged remarkably well and remains suavely entertaining and brutally cynical.
Isaac H Super Reviewer. Aug 29, Maybe I should have referenced that song after all, because no one at all would remember The Move if they didn't lead into Electric Light Orchestra, and this film probably wouldn't be remembered if it wasn't Roman Polanski's last film made in the United States Some people might wonder why I would figure that this film would be forgotten, but Roman Polanski has made so many films that if the pedophilia accusations didn't come in, he would have fled from the States just for a vacation.
It's a good thing he did bail out, because there's no way he could have defended against accusations of his being a sexual deviant after a film this sexually creepy A sexually-charged detective noir?
That's new! Even "Macbeth" got rather excessive and dull, and it had real warfare instead of these here California "Water Wars".
Sorry if I'm offending anyone, but the name of a situation that serious always sounded kind of silly to me, as did the basic concept of a war over water, but make no mistake, this film, while plenty creepy, is not silly, although it, as good as it is, does have other things going against it.
As a neo-noir, this film broke a little ground, or at least impacted the formula for dramas of its type, but when it falls into convention, it falls hard, whether it be following Roman Polanski's usual storytelling structure and themes, or hitting noir tropes that range from a plot carrying themes of adultery, politically-charged murder, sexuality, etc.
Well-drawn and, of course, very well-portrayed by Jack Nicholson, the J. As a matter of fact, while I understand that this film can't commit the noir sin of straying too far away from the point of view of its main character, this film also stands to flesh out its focal layers, as it gets to be a bit uneven in its progression, partly because it covers too much material, and takes it time to cover it.
Running well over two hours and, of course, being directed by Roman Polanski, this film is way too long, with plenty of fat around the edges which, before too long, gets to be repetitious, having some limitations in storytelling dynamicity that could have been more easily overlooked if there was more dynamicity to Polanski's directorial storytelling.
As it often is, Polanski's thoughtfulness is realized enough to be adequately compelling, with considerable effectiveness upon the incorporation of heights in material, but the director has always had a tendency to very often get carried away with his subdued atmospherics, and he does just that here, with a steadiness that makes a lot of the plotting material run together, stiffens pacing, and rounds it all out with a blandness that all too often slips into all-out dullness.
Again, there is something inspired about Polanski's storytelling, leading to sound engagement value that, before completely wearing off, really kicks up with the thickening of plot, but when this film limps out, it crawls, down a formulaic, undercooked, uneven and altogether overdrawn path, until it finds itself running the risk of collapse into underwhelmingness.
This film isn't quite what it could have been, but it is rewarding, with graceful subtlety, biting edge, and even taste.
Taste can be found within Jerry Goldsmith's score, when it is, in fact, used in this largely deeply quiet and atmospheric drama, being rather formulaic in its noirish jazzy sensibilities, but lovely and effective in its tenderness, and carrying an artistic value which is even more subtle in John A.
Alonzo's often flat, but reasonably handsome, shadowy cinematography. The stylistic trappings of a film noir are certainly there, and Roman Polanski at least works with those well, but as a director, he delivers on more than just aesthetic value, for although his trademark overt thoughtfulness gets to be seriously dull, and is ultimately too recurrent, it could have resulted in a flat film, if it didn't carry a certain atmospheric realization that immerses, and is biting once dramatic material comes into play.
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.
The plan is to create a drought in California, sending farmland prices into a dustbowl slump so that it can be bought cheap and made the site of a colossal new dam, to be sold back at a huge profit back to the taxpayer.
Jake gets that nose of his slashed by a goon — an unforgettable cameo for Polanski — but finds himself falling in love with the mysterious Mrs Evelyn Mulwray Faye Dunaway at the centre of the murky plot.
During the night, Evelyn receives a phone call and must leave suddenly; she warns Gittes that her father is dangerous. Gittes follows Evelyn to a house, where he spies her through the windows comforting Mulwray's mistress, Katherine.
He accuses Evelyn of holding the woman against her will, but she says Katherine is her sister, who is distraught upon learning about Hollis Mulwray's death.
An anonymous call draws Gittes to Ida Sessions' apartment. He finds her murdered and Escobar waiting. Escobar says the coroner found salt water in Mulwray's lungs, indicating he did not drown in the fresh water reservoir his body was found.
Escobar suspects Evelyn. At Evelyn's mansion, Gittes finds the servants packing up the household. Gittes realizes her garden pond is salt water and discovers a pair of bifocals in it.
He aggressively confronts Evelyn about Katherine, whom Evelyn eventually breaks down and admits is both her sister and her daughter; her father raped her when she was She says Mulwray, who married Evelyn to protect her from Cross, did not wear bifocals.
Gittes arranges for the women to flee to Mexico and instructs Evelyn to meet him at her butler's home in Chinatown. He summons Cross to the Mulwray home to settle their deal.
Cross admits his scheme to annex the Northwest Valley into the City of Los Angeles, then irrigate and develop it. Gittes accuses Cross of murdering Mulwray.
Cross has Mulvihill take the bifocals at gunpoint, and they force Gittes to drive them to the women.
When they reach the Chinatown address, the police are already there and detain Gittes. When Cross approaches Katherine, Evelyn shoots him in the arm and starts to drive away with Katherine.
The police open fire, killing Evelyn. Cross clutches an hysterical Katherine and leads her away, while Escobar orders Gittes released.
Lawrence Walsh, one of Gittes's associates, tells him: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Chinatown is set in and portrays the manipulation of a critical municipal resource—water—by a cadre of shadowy oligarchs.
It was the first part of Towne's planned trilogy about the character J. Gittes, the foibles of the Los Angeles power structure, and the subjugation of public good by private greed.
It was directed by Jack Nicholson and released in , but the second film's commercial and critical failure scuttled plans to make Gittes vs.
Gittes , [14] about the third finite resource—land—in Los Angeles, circa The character of Hollis Mulwray was inspired by and loosely based on Irish immigrant William Mulholland — according to Mulholland's granddaughter.
Author Vincent Brook considers real-life Mulholland to be split, in the film, into "noble Water and Power chief Hollis Mulwray" and "mobster muscle Claude Mulvihill," [17] just as Land syndicate and Combination members, who "exploited their insider knowledge" on account of "personal greed," are "condensed into the singular, and singularly monstrous, Noah Cross.
In the film, Mulwray opposes the dam wanted by Noah Cross and the city of Los Angeles, for reasons of engineering and safety, arguing he would not repeat his previous mistake, when his dam broke resulting in hundreds of deaths.
This alludes to the St. Francis Dam disaster of March 12, , [18] when the dam had been inspected by Mulholland on the day of its catastrophic failure.
The event effectively ended Mulholland's career. It taught me to look at the place where I was born, and convinced me to write about it. Towne wrote the screenplay with Jack Nicholson in mind.
Polanski learned of the script through Nicholson, with whom he had been searching for a suitable joint project.
Producer Robert Evans wanted Polanski to direct due to his European vision of the United States, which Evans believed would be darker and more cynical.
Polanski, a few years removed from the murder of his pregnant wife , Sharon Tate , in Los Angeles, was initially reluctant to return but was persuaded on the strength of the script.
Towne wanted Cross to die and Evelyn Mulwray to survive. The screenwriter and director argued over it, with Polanski insisting on a tragic end.
The original script was more than pages and included a narration by Gittes; Polanski cut and reordered the story so the audience and Gittes unraveled the mysteries at the same time.
William A. Fraker accepted the cinematographer position from Polanski when Paramount agreed. He had worked with the studio previously on Polanski's Rosemary's Baby.
Robert Evans, never consulted about the decision, insisted that the offer be rescinded since he felt pairing Polanski and Fraker again would create a team with too much control over the project and complicate the production.
Fraker was replaced by John A. In keeping with a technique Polanski attributes to Raymond Chandler , all of the events of the film are seen subjectively through the main character's eyes; for example, when Gittes is knocked unconscious, the film fades to black and fades in when he awakens.
Gittes appears in every scene of the film. On set, Polanksi and Dunaway had well-documented conflict. Mediating pitched battles between the abrupt, abrasive Polanski and the temperamental, histrionic Dunaway was a challenge.
His favorite illustration of this was the "parable of the hair". Robert Evans had flown in Ara Gallant from New York to streak Dunaway's coiffure for the movie, and in the course of one of Polanski's more complicated lighting setups, an errant hair escaped.
But eventually Polanski plucked it from Dunaway's scalp. She shrieked at Polanski, "Don't you dare ever do that sort of thing to me again!
Polanski remembered it as: "I just don't believe it! That motherfucker pulled my hair out! It took a summit meeting in Evans's Paramount office before Dunaway would return to work.
Polanski fanned the incident in the press as a perfect example of American star hysterics, while Dunaway insisted her hair wasn't the point.
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Joe Mantell. Pfeil nach rechts. Das sind die besten Filme bei Amazon Prime Video. Mulwray vorstellt und ihn beauftragt, ihren Ehemann, Hollis Mulwray, zu observieren, um ihm eine Affäre nachzuweisen. Das von Towne verfasste Drehbuch wird oft als Musterbeispiel für die gelungene Entwicklung einer Filmhandlung hervorgehoben. Dort trifft er wiederum auf Evelyn Mulwray, die ihre Klage ohne genauere Gründe Tv Now Wir Sind Jetzt lässt. Perry Lopez. Alle anzeigen. Der Ghostwriter Diane Ladd. Towne hatte für den Film allerdings ein Happy End vorgesehen.
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