Review of Chinatown (1974) by Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian — 09 Aug 2016
The dialogue is crackling ("Are you alone?" – "Isn't everyone?") and the set pieces, like the one in the antisemitic old people's home, are just superb. Polanski brilliantly shows that money and power are not what's motivating everyone after all.
There's a lower stratum of sexual dysfunction and fear at work, which is difficult, if not impossible to understand:: the ultimate meaning of the chaotic "Chinatown" of the title. Unmissable.
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This review of Chinatown (1974) was written by Peter Bradshaw and published by The Guardian on 09 Aug 2016.
Chinatown has generally received very positive reviews.
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