Chinatown Movie Analysis

Do you find yourself lost, searching for self-worth in modern Society? The Narrator in Chuck Palahniuk’s novel Fight Club struggles with insomnia due to his repetitive nine to five office-job. He longs to feel alive, thinking that purchasing materialistic objects and conforming to what modern society considers the norm will fill his void. Tyler Durden, The Narrators alter ego states, “the first step to eternal life is you have to die” (Palahniuk 11). His extreme statement represents that one must let go and forget everything they have come to know in order to truly be free from the pressures society places on them. The conflict in Fight Club is the internal battle to find purpose and one’s role in modern day America. The Narrator’s

The movie White Chicks, to most people is just a silly comedy but what people do not always realize is that there is a real story behind it. In this movie you get to witness two cultures coming together and see the huge difference between peoples lives.You will also learn about what goes into making movies such as lighting and sound, and how those two things can very well affect your emotions while watching a movie. A few more things are camera angles, framing and transitions, if you don't do all of those things correctly you will not have a good movie.

When Los Angeles private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by a faux Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's suspicious activities, Gittes believes it's a simple case of dishonesty. However, Jake's investigation soon becomes everything but simple when he meets the real Mrs. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) and realizes he was hired by a fraud. Mr. Mulwray's sudden death sets Gittes a trail of scandalous intentions, deceit and family secrets as Evelyn's father (John Huston) becomes a suspect in further perplexing case. The film Chinatown is set in 1930’s Los Angeles, with the populace torn between a choice for the water supply. With water being a main motif in the film as it appears in both a negative and a positive aspect.

As far as I concerned, water is the symbol of wealth and power. During my research, I realized this film is rewrite base on a true event. California was a city that lacks of water. Those businessmen find a way to gain money. First they found a place that near California but were very drought, then they persuade citizens to buy the ground.

However, this nonlinear explains the romance between him and Jiao Long, and why he shows up in the story. Jiao Long met Dark Cloud when she and her mother was moving to Beijing and moving across the desert where they were robbed by Dark Cloud and his men. They fall in love in desert. That is why he interrupts her wedding. After that, Jiao Long runs off from her wedding and steals the green Destiny again. Then Li Mu Bai follower into the bamboo trees where he shows his skill to be so far above here. This is one of the best scenes in this movie with all green bamboo leaves and fighting like dancing on top.

The filmmakers of Chinatown used the visual motif of escape to guide the audience towards the film’s central theme, which is that integrity does not prevail. This message is evoked from the article “Chinatown: The Ending” where “Chinatown is a metaphor for the nightmare of urban Los Angeles where you may think you know what is happening, but really you have no idea; where the police do as little as possible because attempts to install order can only make things worse like in this movie.”

American Sniper and 13 Hours both have amazing and realistic fights, but throughout ouch each of the movies only one brings you in more. 13 Hours does this. The CIA’s group was left with the final task, defend the compound. They were hit with mortars. The compound was under attack,. they were being shot at and people were dying. One of the many problems was that they were left to do this by themselves until the U.S could get help to them. On the other hand Chris and his comrades were sent in to fight as one and not be alone throughout American Sniper. They were sent into Iraq to continue to kill high value targets. Many points throughout 13 Hours they focus on one large group for the fights. But in American Sniper Chris Kyle focuses on just

Upon watching Chinatown, a film colored with the theme of Post-Nietzschean existentialism, one begins to question what the value of social order really is after learning that the individual in power is crooked in his intentions. A patriarchal hierarchy is depicted in Noah Cross’ character, as he is clearly defined as a rich man who possesses nothing but money, power, and manipulation skills that have carried him to success. This film in general was one in which everything came into question at one point or another, as it seemed to have a mysterious mood in which details were given but were not explained in context. Once it is discovered by Jake Gittis that Hollis Mulwray was most likely murdered for questioning Cross’ ownership of the water,

In the neo-noir film, Chinatown (1974) what is portrayed is people and society as a whole in a variety of different angles. People where only able to get things done because they had the money to do it or simple because they knew they could get away with it. This can be both a positive and a negative thing depending the event that has occurred. What I believe was Polanski’s intent for the film is to have the audience have a sense of betrayal from the corruption and lies.

In Roger Ebert’s review, he declares that ‘the whole movie is a tour de force.’ I concur with this statement as I believe the film has been managed with great skill. ‘Chinatown’ is a perfect blend of mystery, murder, darkness and betrayal, all of which are part of the neo-noir genre. Though noir films were generally in black and white ‘Chinatown’ was in colour and although the film was in colour it still managed to generate an ominous atmosphere and still managed to enhance feelings of entrapment. The exceptional directing of the film, crisp dialogue and flawless performances

It is widely advocated in the Chinese society that not to be a nosy person and always turn a blind eye to things that are none of your business. All the Chinese appears to be stonily with very few facial expressions in the film. It seems that Chinatown is a place that no one shows any interest in things happened around, including crimes and injustice. Moral constraints and laws are not suitable in here, it is meaningless and could hardly seek for righteousness. This idea is prevasive throughout the film.

A factor that I was not aware of which is a huge focus point in the movie is the importance of family. Family bond is important, the youth needs direction. With broken families and a broken community it is hard to feel the violence will ever end. There need to be stronger family bonds, families need to stay together and support each other. Chicago’s youth shouldn’t feel like just because they are born in an area they are going to die young. They shouldn’t feel that they are enslaved to violence and it’s the only way out. There needs to be hope give back to these communities. The city should step in to these extremely impoverished areas and help. Help by spreading the importance of education, guidance, and the hope that there is more for

Paying homage to late 1930’s Chinatown arises with its release in 1974. Now over 40 years later Chinatown is still considered one of the greatest movies of all time. And not all due to its box office effect on Paramount Pictures wallets. The film owes Roman Polanski for captivating the 40’s in a factual stance yet portraying a private eye in a distinctive approach. From how he uses lighting and camera angles to his single scene in the film Polanski just makes it all work. Success also due to Jack Nicholson as the main character, were he truly proves that acting is a form of art. The film Chinatown embodies neo-noir and is gives viewers and strong sense of intrigue. Using strong senses of historical accuracy with Polanski’s attention to

Based on a true story, Goodfellas is arguably one of the best “gangster movies” made. The 1990’s film is about a man named Henry who grows up in the mob. It tells the ups and downs of not only his story, but what it takes to be in a mob. Many mob styled movies focus on one thing only, the murder. While Goodfellas is based around murder, there is much more to it. You are shown what it does to people, how it corrupts families and changes people’s outlook on life. You are shown the betrayal of people you call “family”. This is what makes Goodfellas one of the greatest mob movies ever made.

I enjoyed the straightforward story, the humour, and it's a film I would highly recommend checking our, especially for Vincent Price fans.