The film is about little people fighting against a big conspiracy. Directed by the famous director Polanski and won 11 nominations at the 47th Oscars, but unfortunately, he met another amazing movie Godfather 2 that year, and finally only got an original script, but the world still remembers this excellent film noir. Chinese people's impression of Polanski should stay at the World War II blockbuster Pianist he directed in 2002, when he won the best director. Polanski is the most bizarre person I've ever met in my life. When he was young, he experienced World War II and fled everywhere because of his Jewish identity. Just like the pianist, his mother died in a German concentration camp. After many years of hard work, he finally became a well-known director in Hollywood and joined the American first-line star Sharon Tate. The following year, a cult organization, the Manson family, broke into their villa in Beverly Hills and killed Sharon Tate, who was 8 months pregnant, by caesarean section and took out the baby. At the same time, four of her friends were also killed. Polanski happened to be out of town and survived. This catastrophe that shocked the world gradually turned his directing style into a dark and cold wind. The ghost Quentin gathered half of Hollywood actors to make a film called Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which will be released in North America on August 9 this year. Polanski's ups and downs are not over yet. A few years later, he was accused of raping a 13-year-old actor, arrested under solid evidence, and then extradited to Europe, where he could never return to Hollywood for the rest of his life. Films continue to be made in Europe to this day, and even the Oscars are accepted by Harrison Ford on his behalf. The Chinatown movie is the first movie directed after his wife was killed, and you can see that the movie is mixed with a deep director's personal approach. I don't know what to say in his life.
The film is suspenseful from the start, and the suspense continues, and the audience wants to know more than what actually happened in Chinatown. And all the suspense is finally revealed at the end of the film. The boss behind the scenes raped his daughter, the daughter gave birth to his own daughter, that is, her sister, the daughter finally died under the gun of the police, the daughter who was born because of incest was also the younger sister and returned to the boss behind the scenes, and the boss behind the scenes controlled He took the water and controlled the future, although he killed many people because of it. When the film was about to end, the story came to Chinatown. There, police shot and killed Evelyn, who was trying to escape. Jack looked at Evelyn's bloody head, and muttered to himself that it's better to do less. Jack was actually just experiencing the same story, the same nightmare that happened in Chinatown. He thought that he would return to an objective, fair, and rule-of-law society after breaking away from the land in Chinatown. Actually he was wrong. Everywhere is Chinatown. The film constantly uses Chinatown as a metaphor. The land in Chinatown seems mysterious, exotic, and lawless. The faces of the Chinese people are expressionless and indifferent. But in fact no piece of land is clean, and Los Angeles in the sun is just an extension of Chinatown. It's better to stop here than to let the behind-the-scenes murderers kill innocent people with a relentless investigation. It's better to do less than one thing, and be a little detective honestly. There was a scene where Jack and Evelyn were lying in bed, and Evelyn asked him what happened in Chinatown. Jack simply said that I was trying to protect a woman, but I was always scarred. Evelyn then asked if she was dead? Before Jack could answer, the phone rang. Evelyn will never know the answer to the story, because she herself will tell the audience the answer with her own death. The film seems to have only one story, but it actually tells two stories. In the end, in Chinatown, after several forces intertwined, the film was very subtle, and the audience understood the meaning of the title only after seeing the ending. It is said that the screenwriter and Polanski quarreled over the ending, and the screenwriter wanted to give a warm, happy ending where justice was served. But Polanski refused. The outcome of the debate, of course, was Polanski's victory, which is widely believed to be related to his harrowing experience.
A good movie must be accompanied by good actors and characters. The three-dimensional characters are also a highlight of the film. The 12-time Oscar-nominated Jack Nicholson and '70s star Faye Dunaway are a perfect match. Jack's murderous look can literally pierce the screen. That look with gauze wrapped around the nose is absolutely classic. I don't know if Brother Ma was influenced by him. Fei Dunaway presents the fragility, mystery, strength and stubbornness of this woman who was raped by her father and gave birth to a child at the age of 15 in an absolutely three-dimensional way. Her performance is much better than Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential.
This is an uncompromising noir film. The characters are also clearly used in black and white. The scenes showing conspiracy and violence mostly take place at night. The last shot pulled away from Jack and slowly rose into the air, overlooking In the dark night, shredded paper is flying, and the dark and cold Chinatown reminds us that what happened to the protagonist is not an isolated case, and the crime will continue forever.
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