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Jack Nicholson
Faye Dunaway
John Huston
Diane Ladd
Perry Lopez
James Hong

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A private detective, who is investigating an affair, finds himself in the middle of a water problem.

12/02/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Castelo de Cartas

'Noir' setentista texturizado em cores ensolaradas, emoldurado em tela panorâmica, obra-prima de sofisticação estilística e propriedade narrativa da dupla Polanski/Towne. Como suspense, assume os contornos de um eficiente 'slow burne'r, criando fôlego lentamente até alcançar a conclusão chocante. Causa espanto, seguido de gratidão, os fatos que modelam esse intrincado novelo de fumaça e espelhos não se atropelarem – o escriba construiu um castelo de cartas que se equilibra à perfeição.

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4/4 

08/25/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

She's my sister and my daughter!

With "Chinatown," Roman Polanski created something that was partly an homage to all of those delightfully atmospheric noirs of the 1940s, but went beyond that to deconstruct some of the genre's conventions. Rather than simply making a 1974 film that imitated a film noir from the 40s, Polanski instead made a 1940s film noir infused with the cultural demons of 1974 America.
The plot is byzantine and confusing, as any good crime thriller plot should be. But true to the genre, the plot doesn't matter as much as the rotten underbelly of corruption and violence that the plot exposes. No director can do atmosphere (especially rotten atmosphere) as well as Polanski, and he's at his best here. Jack Nicholson gives maybe the best performance of his career as detective Jake Gittes, a hard-boiled se...

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4/4 

03/12/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

One Little Flaw

A hard boiled detective gets involved in a morbid tale of power corruption, murder and a dirty little family secret -- just one little flaw in the lady's eye - the left one.

I wouldn't put it in my top 20, but without a doubt in my top 100. It's one of the few Hollywood detective stories that I not only can sit through but can watch several times. My theory is that good detective movies come around about every 20-30 years. Think about it: Maltese Falcon 1941, Chinatown 1974 and LA Confidential 1997. They all share great actors, great directors and great writers. It's no coincidence that John Huston directed the first and stars in the second, and that the hero of the second is Jake, while the hero of the third is named Jack.

Joe Bob Briggs Memorial Academy Award Nomination for Jake'...

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3.5/4