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Rating: Well, there's no point in retelling a masterpiece, it's a waste of time and bores the reader. It's not even a matter of personal taste, like 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Untouchables; these are works of art that rarely find detractors. I'll tell you how I recently watched it again.
Having downloaded some high-quality films to add to my collection, I noticed that Polanski's Chinatown was in "avi" format, quite prehistoric, and I found it in HD. I left it in the download folder awaiting transfer to the external hard drive.
In the meantime, I found a film from two years ago starring Morante and Papaleo, something in the style of Bonnie & Clyde, that I had never heard of. I watched it. I lasted just 15 minutes before tossing it into the trash; it was a dreadful mess both in terms of screenplay and acting.
My eye fell on Chinatown again. Watching it and being amazed by the style, the shots, the plot, I didn't remember it being so beautiful.
To use a metaphor, it was like getting a splash of cold water on your face after wandering in the desert for hours and hours.
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By Hellring
Chinatown has become one of the most idolized films by American critics, considered the nineteenth greatest American film of all time.
A meticulously crafted film that delights with irony and fascinates with mystery.
