“Remains as caustic, daring and horrifically shocking as it did in 1974. See this film as many times as you can. Please...”
Jack Nicholson stars as private investigator Jake Gittes, who is hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) to trail her husband, Hollis, chief engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. What initially looks like a simple case of adultery soon descends into a maze of political corruption and noir of absolute pitch black. Inspired by the California water wars (a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century), Chinatown is not only Polanski’s masterpiece but one of the finest films to emerge from the 70s New Hollywood.
