JACK NICHOLSON-CHINATOWN-Final scene

[OllieParters]

When John Huston starts saying "Lord, oh Lord ..." you get this horrible feeling in your gut, then when the camera pans to Nicolson, you can see he has the exact feeling but about a hundred times worse. One of the most perfect films committed to celluloid.

[Aivottaja]

God, this is the most sickening downer ending ever. Cross'll probably rape her too :(

[admiralflynn895]

it's so graphic how they show her head with the bullet impact

[Jamesquarebush]

this scene is about what it is to be a human

[jonLmon]

also (i jus saw this film) the iris in evelyns eye jake mentions earlier is the eye she gets a bullet through. i also notticed after jake escapes with her from gunfire, she touches the same eye. i actually thought she got shot in the eye then, it was another foreshadowing. wat i love about this movie is it tells two stories at once, jakes tramatic past on the force in chinatown, through evelyn. she represents a woman from chinatown jake tried to help but history repeated itself, great movie

[georgefeeny69]

@jonLmon another good foreshadowing- when evylyn's head hits the car horn earlier in the movie. and what jake says about his previous chinatown experience- something like "i tried to stop her from getting hurt but i ended up making sure she was hurt"- is played out when jake tries to stop lou, who was aiming for evyln's tires, from shooting, which then freed up that other guy to shoot, who aimed for evylyn herself.

[jonLmon]

@georgefeeny69 your right I didn't notice that, when she puts her head against the steering wheel because shes ashamed of herself. and yes, this ending tells so much without saying anything at all really, clearly something tramatic happened in Chinatown between these men, but your left with only hints to what. I had to see this movie again its one of my new all time favorites

[NWOareScum]

@jonLmon - the eye of the fish too

[jonLmon]

@NWOareScum I didn't notice that either, good eye lol. I did however notice upon second viewing of the film that the song "The Way You Look Tonight" is played on piano in the resteraunt where JAke and Evelyn meet. Later on when Jake revisits the water department office, he hums and sings this song to annoy the secretary

[NWOareScum]

@jonLmon - i remembered the eye thing cause it was on a bbc2 moviedrome (i think it was that anyway) documentary long ago.

[jonLmon]

"as little as possible" is wat he was told to do in chinatown wen he was in the force, and he vaguelly tells to evelyn that he tried to stop a girl from getting hurt but he got her hurt instead. the events of the film are a repeat of something simmiliar that occured wen he worked in chinatown, which is left mostly unearthed. but wen he say as little as possible here and lou gets mad its cause it brought up the memory of a previous similiar tragedy that lou was also responsible there

[sockpuppetmartinez]

Evil always wins.

[twotonguestalking713]

Sucks, because when I watched this movie I didn't understand what he said when he said "as little as possible", I was completely lost on the ending as a result, lol. I have that sometimes, great movie, tho.

[JanesInChains1990]

not "as little as possible".

it's "How is this possible?"

[JanesInChains1990]

HE OWNS THE POLICE!

[diogeneslaertius666]

As little as possible

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Two questions: Who fired the shot that killed Evelyn? And why did they let Jake go?

[Ichiboy900]

This is the most sickening, disgusting, and depressing ending I've ever seen. I love it.

[eyeTen2]

" ..... doing what ." FayeD is amazing.

[NillyFmusic]

Wait, did they putt hand cuffs on Jack at the end? Are they arresting him?

[CoolerKing37]

@NillyFmusic No, just getting him to leave the scene of the crime.

[littledebbie187]

HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY, ROMAN POLANSKI, AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE!!!

[mastermovies10000]

what does the line :" As little as possible" means?

[u23421]

@mastermovies10000 Nicholson´s caracther said twice that line in the movie. First, he was sarcastic about the police work in Chinatown. The second time he said the same thing after everything goes horibly wrong. He was clever when he first said it. By the end he knows. There’s nothing clever about it at all. That line is also the first thing that inspired the script of Robert Towne, who wrote "Chinatown" and won an Oscar for it

[mastermovies10000]

@u23421 thanks man

[scottmill]

@mastermovies10000 Robert Towne had heard a story from a vice cop who had worked in Chinatown about how the police never knew when a tipoff was a legit tip or a rival gang using the police to eliminate their competition, so the police in Chinatown developed a policy of doing "as little as possible." "Chinatown" is a situation where trying to help will inevitably make things worse, so doing nothing is the lesser of two evils.

[thejobloshow]

why is this the only fucking video of the chinatown ending. i fucking hate the internet.

[guyfromkk]

I am 23 yrs old and I recently watched this film. Although it is an old film, but in my opinion it is such a masterpiece! I mean, we hardly get any films with that kind of element these days. I was pretty shocked at the end of it. Very emotional ending. Unfortunately, the sequel 'The Two Jakes' didn't get as much positive responses as Chinatown.

[abennett4]

If you like this ending, check out Polanski's 'The Ghost Writer'. Brillant!

[TheWhiskeyZone]

i dont understand how this ending is excellent. The Mother/Sister/daughter is shot by the police and the old man gets the daughter and rapes her at the end :(

[DarkProphet94]

@TheWhiskeyZone the reason its excellent is because it did such a good job into leading into a possible happy ending that it switched gears into such an unpleasant and disheartening conclusion. no one wanted the woman to be killed or her daughter in the hands of a rapist, but in a noir film like this, sometimes the bad guys always win.

[endersgame55]

@TheWhiskeyZone Great endings don't have to be happy endings. This is the ending that the movie needs to make its case about the state of the world; Jake walked away from the police force because he didn't want to be a part of a bad system, but in this movie we see that that doesn't work, because Chinatown isn't the exception, it's the rule. The whole world is Chinatown, and Jake can't get away from it anymore than he can make water flow uphill. This is the ending that communicates that.

[abennett4]

@TheWhiskeyZone Mr Whiskey. It's called 'Tragedy'. You know, Shakespeare!

[wickesm]

A brilliant film, shockingly realistic performances, it seems so real.....

[evansmith4401]

i think after the end, jake went on some badass rampage and killed the old guy for revenge and saved the girl. thats what i like to think anyway

[Jackalofdeath]

@evansmith4401 there is a sequel you know

[evansmith4401]

@Jackalofdeath really?

[Jackalofdeath]

@evansmith4401 its called 2 jacks or something this was supposed to be a trilogy

[evansmith4401]

@Jackalofdeath ah, does it resolve any of the issues left open in this one?

[snadsrad]

John Huston is such a badass that he's only mildly annoyed after being shot.

[DStroyU]

one of the darkest endings in classic movie history

[Agent1W]

Gotta watch out for those guns, kids. They'll *puts on sunglasses*...

...shoot your eye out.

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH­H

[StrangerX9]

hey kids pay attention this is one of the best movies ever made, stop talking shit. you'll ruining it.

[robbiejohnson2001]

"turn 'em all loose"

I'm just wondering: who are the incredible assholes who gave the(ir) thumb(s) down to the ending of this amazing movie? if you know one of them, please stomp on their vaginas

[Johnokinawa]

This scene was so unexpected and it broke my heart!

[SModikoane]

This movie was probably about the Illuminati and the Freemasons and the related Luciferians that do this sick stuff. ("Chinatown - One Star" with the star being the symbol of the Luciferians). Like the MKUltra Mind Control experiments done by the CIA since the 1950s.

[boy18inva]

I read in the newspaper last week that they guy with the glasses who says "Forget it Jake...it's Chinatown" (the last line in the movie) had just passed away.

[crownofthevalley]

This movie is terrible. People, watch something by Werner Herzog or Rainer Fassbinder instead. Real movies are made in Europe, not Hollywood.

[defenestration1000]

@crownofthevalley You're a little faggot.

[abennett4]

@crownofthevalley Cool it with your gross generalizations. By the way, Polanski is European

[Outerspacehaze]

@crownofthevalley You are a pretentious cunt.

[JanWest24]

I don't know who I sympathise with the most.Evelyn or Katharine?The poor girl has lost her mother/sister and has to deal with the same sexual abuse her mother did.Her scream at the end was it because of her mother corpse or because she had an idea of what was waiting for her when Noah took her.What a sick old man.Poor Evelyn.She has literally been destroyed by her own father.

[JanWest24]

@quiquesantamaria I don't know what this has to do with my comment.

[pianowilliam]

I guess Faye Dunaway, 6 years after "Bonnie and Clyde", was on a roll with the getting shot to death in a car during the 30's. Those are my 2 favorites of hers too.

[u23421]

@DylanPenev

You´re absolutely right man. I promise you i´ll never upload another vid on you tube unless the edition will be perfect. But, you have to promise me that you will never take out your dick head from your mother´ass, ok, motherfucker?

[DamnArms12345]

@u23421 forget it u23421, its youtube!

[evansmith4401]

@u23421 youre an idiot, and a rude one at that

[u23421]

@evansmith4401 Yeah, but like Jack said in this movie: "your wife got excited. She crossed her legs a little too quick. You understand what I mean, pal?" After that i become a little dumb, you know? Oh, of course you don´t...



[bicklesby1]

@u23421 you oversensitive little piece of shit, you keep uploadin your fuckin vids and we'll let you know if they meet our satisfaction. you hear?? littl bitch ass ok, motherfucker?

[odirencay]

For me personally, the most poignant line of the entire film is Evelyn's: 'He OWNS the police!' It just summarises, in one line, the entire crisis of the film.

[alleyghost]

Jack's face at 4:35 = priceless

[spacexploder]

what a fucking sick old man. i mean wtf? really sick. also that cop is the best shot ever.

[Italia1214]

this is a great example of neo noir...i studied it in my film and lit class and it really shows how twisted society is

noah cross is so damn sick and creepy

i felt so sorry for Katherine because now she has to deal with the same crap her mother did

[starfox471]

If anyone tries to remake this, I will hunt them down one by one.

[Rabidburt]

Best film ever? If not, it's damn close. . .

[Gunbarrelguru]

i like how tubeyoume says "physical intimacy" instead of sex

[zrogoszinski]

great shot! through the eye!

[Kperson123]

My God this is a powerful scene...

[CoMa7oSe]

3:42

[pimplouis]

clasic quote, at the start when she asks him what he used to do in chinatown and he says 'as little as possible' due to the corruption in chinatown, the final line is perfect, 'forget is jake, its chinatown', great film!

[saobangpo]

No, Towne's version had it that Gittes kills Cross and goes to prison w/o any words on parole. IMHO, I think both versions explained the real theme of "Living with shameless people in a shameless world"

so well. Only with Polanski's, the one with REAL, REAL experience, to be one of the most pessimistic story ever.

[000266617]

And so Noah Cross marries his daughther's daughter, who is a product of an incestuous relationship with his daughter--continuing the incest.

He takes her away, and I think he plans something with her.

[u23421]

You´re right, blame Sony Vegas, but my intention was another. Everybody has listened that famous quote. This clip try to show the meaning of another quote in the movie: "as little as possible". If you´ve watched the movie or know something about the origin of the script, you know that quote is the most important to understand the story of the main character. That´s why i´ve atatched 2 parts of the film with that quote, and for me is most important that the famous final quote.

[tubeyoume]

You're right: everyone remembers that line spoken to Gittes (the Nicholson character), but most viewers overlook the line that Gittes speaks: "As little as possible," which was the advice the DA gave to him when he was originally a cop working the beat in Chinatown years before. At the end, after learning the horror of the truth and seeing the death of a woman and the bad guy get away, he repeats that line. He'll know have to live with the mistake that he got involved in the first place.

[mriverat]

I don't quite get it. Do you mean that Gittes has learned that he should not have done anything? Doing nothing doesn't seem to be the answer, since Evelyn situation was unbearable from the beginning.

[tubeyoume]

I agree with you about the unbearable nature of the situation; doing nothing can appear pretty awful itself. However, I think Jake is more conscious at the movie's end that something deeply flawed within him attracts him to victimized women. While sharing an intimate--emotionally--moment with Evelyn (following physical intimacy), he admits that he was involved in the past with a woman when working the Chinatown beat: pretty clear to the audience that his involvement then resulted in her death

[mierpaul]

Great commentary guys. You both hit the nail on the head. For years I struggled with the end of this film until I found out what is was all about.

[RedbirdCraig23]

This is a great clip, except why couldn't the sound have cut out at any other point? It's the best line of the movie!

[ariley199]

Quite possibly two hours that I will never get back. I had to watch this for a class. I would rather have failed the class than to have watched this movie.

[lol2easy]

hhahaha. you are a complete moron, please dont tell me you do film. Wouldn't suprise me actually, only remtards take film anyway.

[killzonephx]

thts the problem these days all the fukin dicks are turning into directors

thats why we barely have any good movies

[brickbusterful]

@killzonephx yeah, too many dick directors!... you do know that the director of "Chinatown" has been convicted of sexual assaulting a 13 year old girl? but i understand what you're saying I think just next time, make sure the director you're admiring for not being a dick isn't a rapist :)

[myleftnutts]

@killzonephx Well Blame Tarintino!!!.

[technologic21]

quite possibly the greatest movie made.

[joxster9]

I second the comment below. I watched it for that line! Forget it, reportmelolz, it's-

[reportmelolz]

Ahhh the audio cuts out right at the end when he says chinatown... ONE STAR!

[u23421]

Yeah, you´re right...fuck Sony Vegas...and fuck you too!!!

[Jal8919536]

What happened to the incest child?

[VickiOReilly1992]

Noah Corss took her

[LittleMissEggRoll]

man!best detective film!Breaking norms everywhere.I love it

[nomartini1]

My God, what a fantastic actress, Faye Dunaway!!!!

[thehauntedhollows]

They don't make em like that anymore