The death of Evelyn

Jillian 2022-04-21 09:01:17

Although the film is called chinatown, the story is only relevant in the last scene, when Jack drives to a place he doesn't want to recall.

It's hard to say whether Jack loves Evelyn, or whether he loves another woman who died in Chinatown. This time, at least it was out of kindness or protection. Jack wanted to help Evelyn escape, but he didn't expect the second woman to be hurt all over in Chinatown.

Pay special attention to the Chinese elements in the film, the mural of the Republic of China woman on the wall of the woman pretending to be Evelyn, and the Chinese-style rubble on the outer wall of her residence, as well as the Asian-faced housekeeper, maid and gardener from time to time. The English pronunciation of "grass" and "glass" by the gardener is also very interesting. He complained that the "R" and "L" in the English pronunciation of Asians are not distinguished, and the Asian characteristics are very obvious.

Evelyn failed to escape to Mexico again, Katherine fell into the clutches of chinatown, and the story seemed to return to the original starting point.

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Extended Reading
  • Elyse 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    I re-flashed the DVD and went to sleep again. The whole film photography is basically black and dark. This "heavy oil and heavy salt" image style is unpleasant to see too much. The script was created by Robert Towne specifically for his friend Nicholson. He incorporated the anxiety brought about by urban development and the incompetence of Chinatown into an old-school detective story. The script is in general. Nicholson found out that the farmland was increased in value by changing the water source, and after the farmer’s land was acquired in a planned way, his investigation direction should be clear. I don’t know why he was still entangled with Donnaville when he was dealing with the police. , And his series of operations to help Donna Wei run away is also very fascinating. It feels that the script was deliberately smashed the case, and then proved to the audience: Look, is the crime of this city tycoon really like those cases in Chinatown, no matter what is the best? ——The script is written so deliberately, how convincing is this! ? Polanski starred in the little gangster who scratched Nicholson's nose, and his directing style is not strong in this movie. The lover of the deceased husband was the daughter of his wife and father-in-law. This design is a little strange, and the presentation is so shocking.

  • Aisha 2022-03-24 09:01:16

    McGee in "Story", the full "Chinatown" script blows. And this script is really tense, there is no nonsense, every detail is paving the way for the following plot. The protagonist does not want to think back to the time when he was a police officer in Chinatown, but he went around and found that the huge Los Angeles is nowhere else in Chinatown. This sense of helpless powerlessness after detecting the truth really has a faint emptiness.

Chinatown quotes

  • Jake Gittes: May I speak frankly, Mrs. Mulwray.

    Evelyn Mulwray: You may if you can, Mr. Gittes.

  • Noah Cross: Exactly what do you know about me? Sit down.

    Jake Gittes: Mainly that you're rich, too respectable to want your name in the newspapers.

    Noah Cross: Of course I'm respectable I'm old! Politicians ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.