Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Chinatown' - nytimes.com/video

[WTAWWR08]

I don't think the film is about evil. Evil is hidden in this movie, because it's weak. You can have all the "power" in the world, like the old man, and you can own your daughters, but they hate you. The true story is about Jack's character, who tried to do the right thing on every turn, but he was so fanatic that he left himself vulnerable to defeat.

[jakankleboomber]

this film is a true masterpiece, the best noir as well as one of the best films ever

[AldoVinnie]

....and both ,Polanski and Capra were in a round table while making a program about cinema. They had a tendency to argue obviously.

[malows1234]

ROMAN POLANSKI THE MASTER

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 rapist

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale wow man your so fucking smart, calling someone a rapist cause they appreciate the incredible artist that is Roman Polanski. fuck you. i dont give a shit if he raped 50000 8 year old girls, i dont care if he is not in jail, its none of my bussiness. i will judge him only as an artist. and as an artist only scorsese and pta could equal him. the painist= true masterpeice.

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 your probably on some sex offenders list arnt you ? every one knows what you people are like scorcesee is italain hes a man who is decent and respects the family.. not some disgusting pervert who rapes 13 year old girls.. too bad polanski survived charlse manson and ww2

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale do you have any idea how ignorant you sound right now? seriously? my comment praised Roman polanski the artist. MY comment did not say Roman Polanski the Greatest HUMAN BEING on the planet. if your going to bash his movies just because of his personal life, then there really is no arguement, because thats just what it is. go ahead bash him, he is been through a lot in his life, the man is a artistic genius and thats what counts.

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 you have to be kidding.. you wrote on the interent you dont care if a man rapes 5000 eight year old girls.. my uncle works for the fbi.. i seriously had to think if you were worth a call.. raping children is not a joke you filthy pig, he is a good artist but so what? o j simpson was a great football star that did not entitle him to decapatate his wife.. people like you are always looking for some excuse for you degenerate behavior. oh hes a jew the holocaust charlse manson killed

[MrBillcale]

his wife.. none of that matters .. like any of that excuses raping a 13 year old.. know what if they stuck you in jail and you were raped 5000 times do you think youd care about children being molested.. watch what you say buddy.. it can be used against you in court

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale i can say whatever the hell i want lol. this is the internet. didn't you know that anything i say on the internet cannot be used agianst me. but the problem is you dont seem think beyond your nose, to even understand that i am calling the man a great artist, i am not even commenting on roman polanski the human being. he did bad things, so did we all. Besides, the girls mother wanted her daughter to get raped, why else would she accept a out of court settlement from polanski........

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 yu obviously dont know the law how old are you if the mother wanted her to be raped then she goes to jail too the law exists to protect the child, your not very bright or very immature.. and you can not say anything you like over the internet, you cant make threats and if you havent violated the law by expressing admiration for tha act of child rape you made yourself a target congratulations

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale fine want to talk about laws?. Roman Polanski paid off the family with a out of court settlement, and the case was withdrawn, if you actually bothered to read the case files...... the judge continued the case which was completely unlawful to have a hearing without a prosecution even presenting the case, but the judge felt he had to be a superhero..... the judge has broken the law, because the defense later proved that it is unconstitutional. since you want straight laws. THERE.

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 it is unlawful to buy off a witness so polanski is guilty of another crime he is still wanted he steps one step into the united states his ass is in jail where he will be so popular.. the judge was unlawfull i dont think so a judge has discresionary power if he had abused that it could have been taken to the supreme court polanski is just a dirty little jerk a manipulative little cretin with no morals who invaded the united states and started raping our children there are lots of

[MrBillcale]

rodents in holly wood like him parasites bleeding america dry and filling its theaters with filth.. they drag down this nation as they dragged down other nations.. just to make money.. history teaches us what happens to such rodents

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale are you fucking high right now? what does you comment about rodents have anything to do with mine, dude jesus christ. if you dont know art then you dont know art. art is what polanski does in the pianist. but watever. go watch transformers or batman, i am sure it would suit a person like you who has a very black and white sense of morality. yes thats probably better to go watch michael bay/nolan films, they are dumbed down for people like you, and they have a lot of fight scenes.

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 hes a great artist so was picasso or dali, jim morrison being a great artist does not excuse criminal behavior any more than o js football carreer excused his homicde of his wife, i wonder if you excuse mel gibsons anti semitism or women beating becuase hes a popular actor i bet your forgiven ness is slective isnt it theres more going on in your mind than art your part of an army of degenrates trying to pollute western culture..dont think you fool anyone

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 art is subjective if you had any maturity or intellect you would know that how f&cking old are you that you think you know art? why because you admire some grubby little eastern european troll who rapes american children thats art? my favorite movie is bladerunner and casablanca and lola rennt the germans make better movies than those snakes in holy wood, the whole place should be nuked

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale art is not subjective, not completely anyhow. if someone said transformers 2 is a greater artistic acheivement than blade runner, thats not subjective, its just false. art is only partially subjective when your dealing with movies that are on at least a even floor of acheivement. and if it is completely subjective like you say it is, you should be able to accept that i call the pianist and chinatown 2 of the greatest films ever made. i mean like you said it's subjective right?

[MrBillcale]

@malows1234 the purpose of a film is to entertain so no you are wrong , snobby psuedo intellectual losers like you dont matter to make yourself feel superior you pretend your taste in movies or music somehow makes you some sort of artistic intellectual it illuminates you as a sad moms basement dweller who cant succeed at anything important YOU MAKE A GREAT MOVIE AND THEN MAYBE YOU MIGHT IMPRESS ME liking china town doesnt make you anything

[malows1234]

@MrBillcale we weren't talking about film, you weren't talking about film, you said ART, not film. Art is not only there to entertain you. AKA 2001, doesn't tell you anything, it just ponders questions in the universe. thin red line, doesn't entertain you, thin red line just ponders the duality of men. and to people with a IQ higher than that of a child like yours..... would rather be asked questions and given thought provoking scenes rather than just be entertained by mindless explosions.

[FetaCheese222]

@malows1234 If by Batman you mean The Dark Knight, then you must be mistaked. The Dark Knight is a mighty fine movie about what it means to be a hero.

[malows1234]

@FetaCheese222 i geuss its a pretty fun blockbuster, i liked dark knight. but man i am talking about masterpeices like chinatown pianist memento, requiem for a dream, there will be blood, magnolia,taxi driver blah balh you know. like the true masterpeices.

[FetaCheese222]

@malows1234 Wait, so you bash Nolan films and then call Memento a masterpeice? :|

Oh, I agree about Batman. TDK is a great movie but it's not quite a masterpeice.

[malows1234]

@FetaCheese222 i bash nolan because he is a director with immense talent who could make great films like memento. instead he is wasting his time making batman movies, which is a job for a stupid director like michael bay or soemthing. i mean jezez why the fuk can't he make great original movies like memento, now a days he is all about action scenes. dont you agree? i mean i really want him to back to his roots.

[FetaCheese222]

@malows1234 I agree that Nolan could be making more original movies, but I certainly don't agree that Batman should be directed by Bay. That's just insane. The recent Batman movies are fortunate to have a good director behind them, and The Dark Knight and Batman Begins are more than just action scenes. :| Compare TDK to Transformers 3.

Don't worry, it's not like Batman is the only thing Nolan's been doing. Inception?

[malows1234]

@FetaCheese222 i know all i am saying is that he is dam good director, and batman would be horseshit without him for sure, but i would rather have nolan making noir/art films like memento or insomnia. and i am not just crticiszing batman. its just his tenedency to be interested in nothing but blockbusters. inception could have been a film like 2001 or solaris(1972) but its more like a dumbed down for the mass audiences with action sequences. imagine if inception asked more than it aanswered.....

[johannes914]

I love the Jerry Goldsmith score on this movie ...

[8data]

A.O. Scott is A O Ribble

[BeecroftA]

Probably the most anti-Capra movie ever made.

[jayantasodekar]

jrj4u.com

[bbbbmer]

truly one of the greatest films ever made....