Chinatown

Introduction by Film Critic Odie Henderson

1974. 130 m. Roman Polanski. Paramount Pictures. US. English. Rated R.

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50th Anniversary! Private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Nominated for 11 Academy Awards, with Robert Towne winning Best Original Screenplay.

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"[Nicholson's] performance is key in keeping Chinatown from becoming just a genre crime picture--that, and a Robert Towne screenplay that evokes an older Los Angeles, a small city in a large desert."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"If you love movies you should love the ones with great writing. And if you’re looking for that yardstick against which to better judge any movie that comes along, you can’t do better than immerse yourself in Chinatown."
Roger Moore, Movie Nation

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Odie Henderson has been film critic for The Boston Globe since 2022. He is a member of the National Society of Film Critics whose work has appeared in The Criterion Collection, Slate, The Village Voice, Cineaste Magazine, Slant Magazine, and other outlets. Prior to the Globe, he spent 11 years at RogerEbert.com as a regular contributor. Before his change to a fulltime career as a critic for the Globe, Odie spent 35 years in the Information Technology sector. Odie’s new book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras, is a definitive account of Blaxploitation cinema.