Roman Polanski was born on August 18, 1933 in Paris, France. He graduated from the Lodz Film Academy and is a Polish-Jewish French director, screenwriter, and producer. In 1974, directed the crime action film "Chinatown" and won the 28th British Academy Film Awards for Best Director. As a Jewish Polanski, he lived a miserable life since he was a child, and his family died in World War II. Roman Polanski's wife Sharon Tate was killed by a member of the American cult organization "The Manson Family".
Roman Polanski has a cameo in the film, as the man who stabbed detective Jack Nicholson with a knife.
Robert Downey planned to write a happy ending in the original book, but during the preparation stage, Roman Polanski and Downey argued over this. Polanski insisted on ending with a tragedy, and the Polanski dispute was finally won. Victory.
"Chinatown" is a classic American film noir, with a complicated plot, a strong nostalgia atmosphere and the inherent suspenseful atmosphere of a detective film. In this movie, the actor's private detective, Jack, is investigating and exploring the suicide case of a water department engineer. At the end, the protagonist came to Chinatown, which was mentioned all the time, and finally gave this dark story a dark ending. Those who commit crimes are at large, but the tragic victims die innocently, and those who want to resist the pursuit of justice are powerless. Exposing the social darkness under the background of the times.
The greatness of this movie is firstly attributed to the script constructed like Seiko Watch. It can be seen from the movie that the script has a clear structure, a clear logic, and a very distinctive style. The script written by Robert Donald was not fabricated out of thin air, but was derived from a real incident in Los Angeles, USA in the early 20th century-the rape of Evans Valley.
This film reflects the social darkness at that time by portraying a small character to fight against the evil forces of the upper strata of society.
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