Classic neo-Noir of LA's rich and water history but the pacing is very slow
Chinatown was Roman Polanski’s venture into a neo-Film Noir. It featured Jack Nicholson as private detective Jake Gittes and Faye Dunaway as Eveyln Cross Mulwray. What starts off as an investigation into a murder turns into a tale of the rich and powerful in Los Angeles; their excesses and their development of the city.<br /><br />The film begins with Gittes getting a job to investigate a Mrs. Mulwray’s husband for cheating. He was the chief engineer of the Los Angeles War Department. He’s later found dead, and not only that but the woman that hired Gittes wasn’t Mrs. Mulwray. Gittes knows he’s been set up and starts working for the real Mrs. Mulwray to see what happened to her husband. That leads to the theme of the film.<br /><br />Chinatown was loosely based upon Los Angeles’ water history. LA was a quickly growing city in the 1900s but lacked enough water to maintain its population. It had to build a giant aqueduct from the Sierra Nevadas all the way to southern California to feed its thirst. This was done by hook and by crook and that’s included in Chinatown. Gittes investigation leads to farmland being bought up and the millionaire Noah Cross played by John Huston . He represents the oligarchs behind the aqueduct and their wheeling and dealing. There’s an added twist about the rich as well at the very end.<br /><br />Polanski and writer Robert Towne used the common Noir trope of a man up against the indominable system and the rich. That was Gittes’ situation.<br /><br />The problem with Chinatown was the pacing. It was very slow moving. Most of the film is one little piece of evidence being revealed after another. I would have appreciated some action or something else thrown in there instead of having to wait so long for the reveal at the end. Otherwise the film is very good. It has an important message and reveals part of Los Angeles’ history.<br />C
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