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The Movie Page
Having watched Chinatown twice this weekend, from start to finish, twice. One really has to pay attention, but if one pays attention, it's an incredible story, an incredible movie.
Prior to watching the movie, and watching reviews of it after watching the movie, I kept hearing the same thing: it's impossible to understand the movie.
I thought the movie was straightforward. Yes, a lot of unknowns, a lot of questions as one watched the movie, but it was no more challenging than any other similar murder mystery we see on television. At least that was my take.
I think Tailor, Tinker, Soldier, Spy was much more difficult to follow.
But that doesn't take anything away from the movie. Clearly one of the best movies I've ever seen. Everything was great about it. As Ben Makiewizc says, it might be "the perfect film."
But I certainly wouldn't call the movie confusing. That's what makes it such a great movie. I've ordered the screenplay of Chinatown from Amazon. I may order (buy) the movie from Amazon so I can watch it whenever I want.
According to wiki:
According to Freytag, a drama is divided into five parts, or acts, which some refer to as a dramatic arc: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and dénouement. Although Freytag's analysis of dramatic structure is based on five-act plays, it can be applied (sometimes in a modified manner) to short stories and novels as well, making dramatic structure a literary element.
So, Chinatown, what was the climax! When did it all come together? When did J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson / private detective) get it!?!? At what moment did it all come together? Obviously, it was the scene in which Evelyn Mulray (Faye Dunaway) explains the relationship of her family -- father, daughter, granddaughter. One can argue that Dunaway's "confession" was simply the "climax" of one subplot in the movie but I think it was much more than that. Maybe more later.
YouTube: Roger Deakins and Steven Soderbergh on "Chinatown" (Roman Polanski, 1974), link here.