Review of Chinatown

Polanskis Chinatown is a classic of 1970s cinema, as it tells a tale of hit, due to rapaciousness and the political issue of the drouth in California. Jack Nicholson, who superbly plays the character of Jack Gittes, is a researcher who investigates matters considering adultery. A woman by the name of Evelyn Mulwray insists that her husband is having an affair, asking for Mr. Gittes to name out the truth, although it is not until later on when the photos of Mr. Gittes and a lady nurture been released into the media that he realises the lady was an imposter.Evelyn Mulwray who is played by the renowned, Faye Dunaway, plays a character that is mentally unstable, although portrays herself as being strong and powerful. Jack Gittes becomes infatuated with the mystery of the murder and the water project, in which he begins to see holes in the lies being ply to him as he searches for answers. As he and widowed Evelyn grow closer, so does the truth and a resolution. Through this Polanski keeps his viewers on their seats, as they catch this thriller, as they along with Jack Gittes try to piece together the truth.Polanski portrays the nimbus of the era with sophistication, weaving music and a great choice of settings to demo the viewer a feel of the time and culture. The clothing, the cars, the constant habit of ingest gives a picture of Los Angeles, California in the 1940s and how it has evidently changed to nows culture and society. Throughout the movie the viewer is able to taste numerous issues that are still apparent today, particularly corruption and greed and the way in which peoples decisions are influenced by them.The character and status of women is crowned at throughout the film, with Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray acting as a puzzle out of feminism, in freely having affairs and taking the reins when it was required of her. Her turning point in the film shows her strength as a woman, even though being raped by your own father would be mentally disturbing in e very nature. In this scene the viewer is delineate with the ideas of cunning men in a patriarchal society and how this was abused. Noah bedevil Katherine I, Im your grandfather, my dear. Im your grandfather.