Chinatown Review

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2015)

Personally, I am a big fan of the film noir genre (mostly mid 1940s for my preference), so hearing that Chinatown was the last "great film noir", I wanted to check it out. Even though every film noir I had seen before this was in black and white, this film had the same undeniable feel of a classic film noir. In the sense of a mysterious woman and underlying crime. Jack Nicholson played the perfect bold role of a private detective while also being soft spoken to an extent. I thought the setting/scenery was beautiful in this film, Being set in Los Angeles, California, some of the desert/mountain views were breath taking. In terms of film elements, Chinatown was quite unique. While most of the film was in color, the opening scene was in black and white as well as yellow tinted scenes throughout to indicate past events. Overall I thought this film was significant because of the countless elements to make this the last great film noir.