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Topic	The SephG Top 250 [movies] - Topic II: the top 75
Nelson_Mandela 06/25/19 12:12:29 PM #27:	#63. Chinatown https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Chinatownposter1.jpg Dir: Roman Polanski Genre: Drama, Mystery, Film Noir Year: 1974 Chinatown is the pre-eminent film noir (or a pointlessly labeled "neo-noir") of Hollywood. You think of hard-boiled detectives, cigarette smoking, a dame with a secret, smooth jazz, and neon lights--think no further than this film. Chinatown also has arguably the tightest mystery script ever written, by the legendary Robert Towne. All of the elements are there to make this super engaging both on a broad conspiracy level, but also the personal (~~"she's my sister and my daughter"~~ might be the most fucked up twist ever). As I've said many times in these write-ups, the 1970s is when things really started to feel "modern," and if you want a mystery that's on the level of True Detective and other gritty shows and films that came after, this is a must-watch. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso <cite>Nelson_Mandela posted [p:923822884] in The SephG ... [t:77811548]...</cite> <quote>#63. Chinatown https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Chinatownposter1.jpg Dir: Roman Polanski Genre: Drama, Mystery, Film Noir Year: 1974 Chinatown is the pre-eminent film noir (or a pointlessly labeled "neo-noir") of Hollywood. You think of hard-boiled detectives, cigarette smoking, a dame with a secret, smooth jazz, and neon lights--think no further than this film. Chinatown also has arguably the tightest mystery script ever written, by the legendary Robert Towne. All of the elements are there to make this super engaging both on a broad conspiracy level, but also the personal ("she's my sister and my daughter" might be the most fucked up twist ever). As I've said many times in these write-ups, the 1970s is when things really started to feel "modern," and if you want a mystery that's on the level of True Detective and other gritty shows and films that came after, this is a must-watch. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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