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Director: Jack Nicholson
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe
performance is key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture--that, and a Robert Towne screenplay that evokes an older Los Angeles, a small city in a large desert.
But it's Polanski who pries the genre open until it goes metaphysical.
But the greatness of Chinatown, unappreciated by my adolescent self, lies not in its cynical view of the California dream (that's too easy) but in its fatalistic, even tragic conception of America and indeed of human nature.
An outstanding picture.
A wonderfully brooding, suspenseful revisitation of the land of film noir, Chinatown is not only one of the greatest detective films, but one of the most perfectly constructed of all films.
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Academy Awards (1975)
Best Actor
BAFTA Awards (1975)
Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)
Bodil Awards (1975)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Directors Guild of America (1975)
Best Motion Picture
Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1975)
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