I watch this once a year and never cease to be ammazed at how well written, acted, and photographed it is. I once rad evey book on Lizzie Borden I could find and realized that the more you knew about those nurders the less you know. "Chinatown" is like that. It is so relentlessly evil. When Cross/Huston says, "Hollis and I were a lot closer than Evelyn realized" I always wonder, what the hell does THAT mean. And I love the forshadowing of the discoloration of Dunaway's eye and, later, her broken tail light. And of course the Oedepus reference at the end for her sleeping with her father. A wonderful film and one of my all time top 10.
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Topic - "Chinatown" - rico 10:23:56 08/26/05 (15)
- Re: "Chinatown" - cjfrbw 14:47:11 08/27/05 (0)
- Re: "Chinatown" and eyes - geoffkait 17:18:47 08/26/05 (9)
- How about the "nose" references now? - cjfrbw 12:30:09 08/27/05 (6)
- Re: Who nose?... - geoffkait 12:39:47 08/27/05 (5)
- Re: Who nose?... - cjfrbw 12:51:22 08/27/05 (4)
- Re: "Only when I breathe." - geoffkait 14:34:07 08/27/05 (0)
- Of course you know who the fellow was wielding the knife, right? - tinear 13:28:59 08/27/05 (2)
- Re: Of course you know who the fellow was wielding the knife, right? - cjfrbw 14:43:56 08/27/05 (1)
- Re: More Chinatown trivia - geoffkait 07:26:09 08/28/05 (0)
- Re: "Chinatown" and eyes - rico 07:46:16 08/27/05 (1)
- Re: "Chinatown" and eyes - geoffkait 09:24:08 08/27/05 (0)
- How can one mention this film w/out singling out Nicholson's - tinear 13:30:58 08/26/05 (3)
- Re: How can one mention this film w/out singling out Nicholson's - rico 07:48:22 08/27/05 (2)
- I think I enjoyed Homicide but I was disappointed in it because I - tinear 12:08:11 08/27/05 (1)
- Re: I think I enjoyed Homicide but I was disappointed in it because I - rico 06:49:15 08/28/05 (0)