Posted: 4/4/08 at 2:13am
Holy crap, what a completely excellent movie. I think that the best, and possibly most disturbing, thing about Chinatown is that it takes place in all of those areas of everyday life that nobody thinks that they care about. You use water everyday, but who actually thinks about the mechanics of how it actually gets to your sink? Who actually fears for the future of water when big business comes around?
Things you take for granted. Things you want to forget. Things that people try not to bring up in conversation. That is the beat of Chinatown.
Everything that isn't said is just as important as everything that is. It's a quiet, subtle masterpiece that nudges things along in a slow manner instead of forcing your face into it.
It begins as a mystery, morphs into a family drama, and ends as a story that can only take place...in CHINATOWN.
