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Additional Blu-ray options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
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May 9, 2017 "Please retry" | Standard | 1 |
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| $11.72 | $11.66 |
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June 20, 1974 "Please retry" | — | 1 |
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| $11.54 | $8.00 |
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Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | Faye Dunaway, Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, John Huston |
Language | English |
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 7.25 x 0.3 x 5.25 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : Roman Polanski
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Actors : Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
- ASIN : B006VC3LES
- Best Sellers Rank: #57,695 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #19,367 in Blu-ray
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Robert Towne's screenplay owes a great deal to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, both expert writers of crime detective fiction full of sardonic humor and double entendre remarks, usually delivered in deadpan manner by whomever was playing the male detective. He uses "Chinatown" as a metaphor for a puzzle nobody can solve, sort of the way Thomas Mitchell summed up a mystery by saying "makes as much sense as Chinese music" in "The Dark Mirror."
In both CHINATOWN and THE MALTESE FALCON, a private eye gets involved in a messy case involving murder and other assorted mayhem, drawn into the case by a cool femme fatale who knows more than she's saying, and a cast of mostly unsavory characters living in the fringes of L.A.'s Chinatown area where crime in the 1930s is rampant.
In this case, the cynical, hard-nosed detective is played to perfection by JACK NICHOLSON in the kind of role he excelled in, justly winning a Best Actor nomination. And likewise, the inscrutable dame is played by FAYE DUNAWAY in the sort of part Mary Astor essayed in "The Maltese Falcon." Instead of Sydney Greenstreet, we get JOHN HUSTON in the role of her megalomaniac, corrupt father. And keeping all of this fascinating material well in hand is Roman Polanski, himself a player in the film as the hood who slashes Nicholson's nose.
It's gritty, authentic looking (except for the above-mentioned flaw) and captures the mood of the story with its Los Angeles backgrounds and detailed attention to '30s styles. Visually, it's a masterpiece--and while the story gets a little slow once in awhile in uncovering a convoluted plot involving land rights and water control, it leads to a highly suspenseful ending.
A stylish thriller, well worth watching, especially if you love film noir. But somehow, Bogie's image hovers over most of the dialog and it falls far short of being called a "masterpiece" as many have done here. A more concise, compact telling of the tale would have made that description more apt instead of this long, rambling story with its engineering background and slow revelations.
Note: The widescreen DVD features a couple of insightful commentaries by the creators of "Chinatown" (Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, Bob Evans), as well as Jack Nicholson, but it's advisable to watch after seeing the film because a lot of the plot twists are given away.
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Esta edición tiene el audio y los subtítulos en versión original. Es una lástima que lo que debería ser la norma sea una excepción.
A very good quality blu ray with good, interesting extras at a great price. Recommended