Chinatown' - nytimes.com/video

A. O. Scott looks back at Roman Polanski's meditation on evil.

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[bbbbmer]

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

[BeecroftA]

Probably the most anti-Capra movie ever made.

[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]

@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.....

[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 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 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 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 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]

@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.