Comments on: Movie Notes: Chinatown

By: Movie Notes: Brick | Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Movie Notes: Brick | Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:40:11 +0000

[…] Other than the two leads, the cast of largely unknown, inexperienced actors occasionally sink things to drama club rendition of Chinatown. […]

By: Movie Notes: Mommie Dearest » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Movie Notes: Mommie Dearest » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:22:44 +0000

[…] the famous actress, is played by Faye Dunaway (whom I really loved in Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown). Unfortunately, instead of a gorgeous gangster or femme fatale, here Dunaway plays a noxious […]

By: ywam

ywam — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:57:14 +0000

Chinatown is one of the best movie worth seeing it many times.….….. : )

By: run your car on water

run your car on water — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:23:01 +0000

this is one of the most awesome movies. i am going to watch it this week again.

By: Movies Realm

Movies Realm — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:02:41 +0000

i think that Chinatown is a really good movie worth seeing it many times

By: webomatica

webomatica — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:45:17 +0000

Interesting - I should read up a bit on the history of this movie's making -
Bonnie and Clyde and this cementing Dunaway in my mind.
Also probably worth mentioning is the rare confluence of personalities -
Polanski (dealing with the fallout of the Manson murders), writer Robert
Towne, the aforementioned Nicholson and Dunaway -- ensuring it was a once in
a lifetime sort of film that won't happen again.

By: spragued

spragued — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:21:24 +0000

Chinatown is one of the best of the “second Golden Age of Hollywood”, the 70’s. Supposedly, Polanski tortured Dunaway emotionally on the set in order to ensure her portrayal remained brittle and vulnerable.