"Chinatown" is a movie that has nothing to do with Chinatown, but its name is Chinatown, which is witty and satirical. The story of the movie is a bit obscure. It is roughly that a detective named Jack was originally only investigating the derailment of a husband, but was accidentally involved in a huge conspiracy.
In fact, Jack was a police officer in Chinatown many years ago, but in Chinatown, because of the cultural disparity, most of them opened one eye and closed one eye. The sense of justice in his heart could not be released. Jack chose to leave and opened a detective office by himself. day. In the barber shop, Jack quarreled with the guests next door with the private detective because the newspaper published the peachy news that Jack discovered. It can be seen that Jack has not really fallen, and he still has the idea of wanting to do meaningful things in his heart. This also made a prerequisite for his next initiative to investigate the cause of Huo's death and to take the initiative to discover the conspiracy of these big men.
The plot story serves the characters. In a movie, the growth of a character is a crucial line. In "Chinatown", Jack's growth is rarely shown and very vague. One more obvious point is that when he was forcing Mrs. Murray to question Mrs. Morey, he accidentally learned of her incest with her father. In shock, decided to protect this poor woman. At this time, Jack's heart's pursuit and desire for justice and light were aroused, so he went deeper to search for the hidden secrets hidden in Los Angeles.
It may be because of past tragedies that made him hold a kind of obsession with Mrs. Murray's escape this time, no matter what methods he used, he would not hesitate to sacrifice many personal interests. In the end, he tried his best to protect Mrs. Murray and her daughter. The climax of the whole play is also in this scene. Jack reported the evil deeds and conspiracies of these big men to his former colleagues, but his former colleagues did not listen to Jack's explanation at all, but allowed others to frame Jack. Chinatown, Chinatown is everywhere, justice is distorted, and darkness manipulates puppets on the stage.
Under the light, there is more darkness. Jack looked at Mrs. Murray’s body at the end and said, "Don’t do it as much as possible." At this time, he also understood. Maybe he just said the best with one eye closed. If he doesn’t continue to investigate, maybe he doesn’t. Mrs. Rui's mother and daughter can escape. In this era where even the freedom of the pearl is in the hands of others, under ZZ, perhaps the best choice is not to do as much as possible.
"Chinatown" is not to show the tragedy of the ironic era as much as possible, but to reduce such "Chinatown".
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