Chinatown DVD Extra: Retrospective Interviews (part 2 of 2)

[3kgtvoodoo]

Polanski is not gay ,unless you are a 5 -13 year old ,then you will have problems with this talented unregistered pediophile

[Ewela88NY]

I've got to watch it

[lumi707]

one of my favourites!!

i would loved evelyn to lived, but let the professionals do what they do best! :P

[chomsky88]

The 70's(prior to Star Wars) seems to be the last time major studios were interested in making great, adult films. Now, anything interesting or novel comes from low budget independents. But between '67 and '75 there were an amaziing number of films that are now considered classics.

[amalmavani]

truly a masterpiece and in retrorespect you look at those involved and when it was made:

nicholson,dunaway,huston,polan­ski,towne,evans

i mean that is a whos who of hollywood legends who made this great picture right in the middle of "new hollywood"

you could never get a picture like this again.

[zindabyne]

Jack was phenomenal in Chinatown. I hope he speaks at Michael Douglas' AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony this year. Afterall, he got Douglas his first oscar for Cuckoo's Nest!

[donneric]

my favorite film of my favorite actor Jack going into his prime

[jennet4444]

A master piece !

[8data]

hes the man, monster, giveme a breax, greed and duplicity of society is the monster, but not he

[8data]

great direction, powerful psyche

[sakara18235]

hollywood's favorite convicted child molester---roman polanksi.

[DrStrangelove646]

Shut the fuck u, he's not a molester, the mom of the girl wanted to get money out of it

[sakara18235]

(1.)polanksi--in his own autobiography--said he had sex with the girl...(2.)polanski, in his own autobiography said he had sex with underage natasha kinski (of "tess") (3.)if i had a nickle for every teen on u-tube who used obscenities re everyone/everything they disagreed with, i'd be a multi-millionaire.

[Aqualung71]

The girl had sex with him then whined to her mommy and made money. That is what happened. Was he right for doing that, no. But that is what happened and he is not a child molester.

[sakara18235]

polanksi's life since '70s a mix of chinatown and dirty harry: a couple years ago he sued vanity fair, for slander---and won, tho it took place in a british court and he had to testify, via tv, from france, cause brits could extradidite him...sort of thing only a (relatively) rich and powerful man could do.

[Aqualung71]

So, what does this prove? They slandered him, he had the right to sue.

[sakara18235]

how do you slander a guy who's on the run from the law...who can't even show up in person in a british court? when 'dirty harry" came out pauline kael went ballestic cause it had a scene of evidence being thrown out and the obvious-killer having to be released---she thought that was too unbelievable! kael and others would have thought polanksi lawsuit would have been too farfetched. (and polanksi sued in british court cause even liberace won there against reporter who accused him of being gay)

[Aqualung71]

Who, cares. Leave the man alone. He has been through enough, I don't blame him for going to France.

[sakara18235]

As long as you feel the same about politicians or "the little people" who do/have done the same as polanski... (the irony of "forget it, it's chinatown")

[Aqualung71]

What do you mean? Politicians? They don't have my sympathy, only few. The little people, as in people who are less fortunate? Of course I do. I am one who sticks up for that cause, which is hard to do this day in age.

[sakara18235]

(celebrity)love is blind.

[Aqualung71]

Yes, i agree with that. But there is nothing wrong with being a fan and saying what you think of the man. And people like Polanski as opposed to people Like Brittany Spears or Paris? Polanski as a true maverick.

[sakara18235]

leni refinstahl could also be regarded as a maverick...movies to like are one thing, the people who make them are another; even busby berkley got away with killing someone while drunk driving; producer don simpson liked urinating on prostitutes; beach boys drummer dennis wilson took his kid's underage girlfriend home and started an affair with her; on and on; everybody (i.e. the rich) in show business has more in common with politicians/businessmen than avg joe on streets.

[Aqualung71]

Well, not all actors or directors or musicians do that. So that is an unfair way to look at them. They are people just like anyone else, and make mistakes. Not all are of them are good people, but they are often misjudged by the media, who are the ones who praise the gossip and then use it against them for ratings and publicity.

[sakara18235]

in any case, 1970s was the last good decade for the movies ( i even have polanksi's "the tenant" dvd). nowdays, the celebrity gossip is more interesting than the movies and music.

[Aqualung71]

I agree, the last great movies were made in the 70s. But there has been good ones since. Yes, most the movies and music suck these days, it is true. But the gossip I could really care less about.

[sakara18235]

I just watched the extra footage of documentary "easy riders,raging bulls"---peter bogdonovich says he regrets turning down the chance to direct chinatown!!!!

[Aqualung71]

I bet he does regret it. It would have been a totally different film I bet.

[jennifersman]

Bogdanovich was also supposed to direct "The Getaway" but decided to do "What's Up Doc?" with Streisand instead.

[Aqualung71]

Anyone who knows Polanski knows he is not gay.

[baboola]

For a film to be as good you need to start with a good script. Robert Towne wrote a gem. Polanski made it a masterpiece.

A great great mistery. Timeless and ageless. One of few movies that you can watch over and over without ever losing interest.

[dapunkof1975]

Chinatown is powerfull. Its slow but the storytelling is spell binding.

[petertard]

But both Shelley Duvall and Faye Dunaway appeared to have said that they were grateful for the experience and learnt a lot from the directors' methods. (A bit of irony there ?) Shelley Duvall said she learnt more on The Shining than on any other film she had been on.

[petertard]

Interesting, or maybe not - in both the making of The Shining and Chinatown, the two directors, Kubrick and Polanski, both had Jack Nicolson as the main star and cultivated a good relationship with him; but both seem to have deliberately created an awkward tense relationship with the female leads, Shelley Duvall and Faye Dunaway, to put them on edge and promote neurotic characterisation in the performances out of making them feel insecure. Or maybe I am wrong.

[JonChristopher999]

John Alonzo was the cinematographer. In a documentary called 'Visions of Light', about the history of cinematography, Alonzo mentioned how Polanski demanded hand-held shots in certain scenes, even though Alonzo thought it inappropriate. He admitted he was wrong in hindsight. Polanski is a freakin' genius.

[petertard]

My God, the camera is so close to the principals all the time. How does the focus work so that it's sharp right up close but still sharp in the distance ? Did they use a special type of lens, with lots of technical know-how, like Kubrick ? Also, seems to be some handheld stuff before the steadicam (first used in 1977). Who was the cinematographer ?

[johnnondrowsyd]

perfect movie, best mystery noir ever made to me

[hawkssens]

(Standing ovation)!

[ColdChicago]

Carol Reed overruled Graham Greene on the ending to The Third Man, just as Polanski over-rules Towne.. : the directors were right, the writers... wrong-The bleakest endings remain the truest.

[sacrificaltotem]

interesting

[wolfgangle]

A rare instance of a timeless movie

[hvaughan5]

There are only a few select films that are truly timeless. Chinatown is one of them.