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Your critique of her accent is unfair. The real life woman sounds just like that.

I revisit Chinatown every few years. It's timeless. It is still the standard-bearer for neo-noir cinema. For some interesting perspective on this production, check out the documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture about Robert Evans.

$15 million?? I thought this was impossible with this amount of stars and a big name director. This movie is already paid for even if it just makes the bare minimum, and that's because Yorgos knows how to budget his films. The fact that he could make Poor Things for $35m just shows how much Hollywood is in dire need of more fiscally responsible foreign directors

Would you say everyone is supporting? Or are Plemons and stone the leads

I really enjoyed the movie. It's Lanthemos being absurd and weird as usual. All the stories were interesting and went into different directions. I would say it's just a tad bit too long. Enjoyed your review as well James.

I so agree about Papoulia (pronunounced Papulia)

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Great list and can’t believe I’ve never seen Dressed to Kill

I was with you until you started nitpicking the water level. Like bruh, thats what you took out from this movie? Not the layed themes and character development? Not the presentation of religious abuse painted against religious respect? How about the dangers of one's legacy and how their words can be twisted to fit anyone's narrative, without absorbing all truth. All these are parallels of our society but your takeaway nitpick was the water shouldn't have risen? Okay brah

Jodie's accent reminds me of that phrase, "You never go full retard!"

Criticizing Jodie Comer for playing a real life character perfectly (having used audiotapes of the real Kathy’s distinctive accent, and having the courage and the skill to nail it) is sad and ignorant. She will likely get an Oscar nom and quite possibly win it.

oh man what a treat. It in my top5 of all time. probably no. 1 I heard you mentioned it briefly in couple podcast but never deep dive. I only heard Bill Scurry talking about it in other podcast. btw. have you listened to commentary by Fincher and Towne and 30 min appreciation by Soderberg and others (dvd extras - it's on YT)?

Tom Hardy has an annoying accent and terrible enunciation in every role he's played except for Bane. That being said, I still think he's a good actor.

The bikers I knew in the sixties were dirty filthy some had lice vd quite a bunch but they were all men

Phenomenal film. Having said that. Roll the clocks back to the early 80s…When I was a kid, you can imagine an Asian American watching this movie going, “Er, why is this called Chinatown again?!?!” 😆

What a fantastic take! And yea all into the 80s, greatest era EVER, simple good times and my fav times of music tv fashion and movies I’ll def checkout some of the early fav 70s classics

Beautiful review James. I have to say that Chinatown is among my top 3 favorite movies of all time, so hearing someone talk about it in depth as a tribute to its 50th anniversary is quite a gift. Certainly the interest in this film went through different stages over time until I came to the conclusion that it was the closest thing to what I consider a masterpiece. It was the passage of the years, the continuous viewings over and over again, influenced if possible by the discovery and knowledge of all of Roman Polanski's work that made me feel a little more in love every time I saw it. Every aspect of this film makes it stronger and more timeless, from its brilliant script, its perfect cast, not only the main actors, everyone involved shines regardless of the time they spend on the screen, its unforgettable soundtrack, the look and the staging of the era through the meticulous production design prepared by each department, without forgetting the glorious poster, there was a time when simply the poster of a film was capable of arousing absolute curiosity about a film, of course it no longer exists. nowadays. The 70s were definitely full of extraordinary films and yes, if I had to decide on a time in which to have lived that would have been the perfect time, without a doubt I would have had a problem finding enough money and time to have been able to enjoy it in a movie theater, masterpiece after masterpiece. Long live Chinatown and long live good cinema.

"Repulsion" is so underrated.

Chinatown is as close to a perfect movie as you can get comfortably sits in my all time top 5 terrific film noir

My biggest problem with the movie is the pacing. So much of the movie felt passive because it interjects a lot of moments where you have this photographer interviews with Jodie Comer's character, and it just made the movie boring to me.

Great summary of the movies of the 70s (I was a teen, so some went over my head, others I was too young. Excellent review of this noir masterpiece with that wonderful Faye Dunaway twist. I Digress, but I LOVE Rosemary’s Baby. I have felt the 90s was the best decade for movies, but I need to rethink it. Jaws was the first ‘summer Blockbuster’

I feel like if someone could remake the original Legend of Boggy Creek with today’s special effects and not use F’bombs, it could be a blockbuster for the ages.

Jodie Comer could easily have done just a typical generic Chicago accent but wanted to be true to Kathy, the character she plays. So she studied the audio tapes of Kathy that Jeff Nichols provided and absolutely nailed THAT accent. Of course it helps if you know this before making such a critical judgment but tnat's called research.

It's so interesting that the films of the early '70s are talked about as having a sense of moral ambiguity, but Chinatown definitely has one of the most purely evil characters in cinema history, both for his greed and his licentiousness. The bleakness of the ending is a realization that we are living in the world that Noah Cross and his ilk created, and the moral ambiguity comes from how we are supposed to reckon with that, to live in that world every day. What a brilliant, depressing movie!

Awesome review/retrospective. One of my all-time fave films. You should do a review of its 1990 sequel, The Two Jakes. I'd be curious to hear what you thought of it 📽

A Polanski rank woud be nice, he has sooooo many underrated movies

Absolutely one of the greatest movies ever made! Chinatown is a masterpiece. I get goosebumps every time I hear the first notes of Jerry Goldmsith's amazing score kick in at the start of the movie. Everything about this film is firing on all cylinders. The first time that I watched it, I was an "edgy" teen who thought she could not be shocked anymore. When the big reveal was made, I was so stunned that I had to rewind the film to make sure that I heard what I heard. Lol. I finally got to see Chinatown on the big screen for a film class, and I loved my second viewing of the film even more. The 70's is my favorite decade for film, too, and for all of the reasons you said. I wish this style of cinema would come back, but I don't think we'll ever see a great decade of film like that again. It is beyond cliche' to say this, but they don't make them like that anymore. Anyway, fantastic video, James! I was hoping that Fathom Events would bring this one back to the big screen for its 50th anniversary, but for some reason that did not happen. Oh well. I know what I will be watching tonight. Have a good day. sir. Edit: I just ordered The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood. Thank you for recommending it.

The funny thing is, Jodie Comer NAILED the real voice of Kathy. I've heard the audio recordings and it's quite amazing how similar they sound. Love it or hate it, that's the actual dialect and voice of Kathy.

One of the best movies of all time. I have my hs Sr year elective teacher to thank for screening it (in its entirety) along with many other greats. Thanks for covering this James. So many memorable & thought provoking lines like when Jake asks Noah Cross (paraphrasing) why the pursuit for more money & power and Noah responds "The future Mr. Gittes." That line pretty much defines limitless greed. You can't put a pricetag on the future, if we could we would.

It not only the best noir movie of alltime it also one of the most immersive movie of alltime once you in chinatown there is no turning back and I think chiantown is the only movie compare to best world buliding and best story music album of alltime

I will always watch this movie forever, in spite of who made it, and in spite of the fact he's probably as bad if not worse than Noah Cross, but Chinatown is a masterpiece.

One of those perfect movies where everything comes together to make something truly special

Stooop. Too much content James. You're on fire lately.

Just got the 4K set for my upcoming 26th birthday plus it came with The Two Jakes along it being be my first watch. So far ive seen The Tenant, Repulsion, Knife In The Water, Fearless Vampires, Cul-de-sac and Rosemary’s Baby. He is a remarkable director.

Finally saw this on the big screen at our local art deco cinema last year. Glorious.

Tough. Nichols had a good win streak. I really liked Take Shelter, Mud, and Midnight Special.

But can it standup to Wild Hogs?

The Northville Cemetary Massacre is a cool biker gang movie from the 70s , check it out.

I also feel that Gary Oldman is so good at american accents because he has lived in America since the 90s.

The comic book series is definitely more shocking than the tv series. I am not sure a modern tv audience would approve of a true-to-form adaptation. I dropped off from watching The Boys pretty early on, but I am glad that my husband is still enjoying it. He is excited by the Sister Sage/Homelander team up. For him, the least interesting things about The Boys is all of the bathroom and sex humor and the Ryan/'Butcher storyline. and the most interesting things about it are the political commentary and the character moments. He always gets a chuckle from people who complain that The Boys (the tv show) is woke. It has been for a long time. Some folks just were just too slow in picking up on that. Anywho, thank you for your review, James.

Thank you so much for this review, James!

Tom Hardy always does a weird accent. Expect it

That very short example of Jodie Comer's accent sounded hyper mid-western, like Minnesota. Exaggerated. That would probably get on my nerves too.

I really like Butler He’s really becoming a great presence on screen

I will say this about Jodie, she's great in most accents, but her anerican accent isn't her strongest asset. I noticed this on Killing Eve as well.

Why does Tom Hardy always insist on using the weirdest voices in his films?!

Take Shelter one of my favourite movies, very underrated.

What I love about Stone is how dirty and scruffy the bikers were. It felt real. This movie looks very clean and pretty. I will still give it a go tho.

The book is just a photobook and a series of interviews with the people of the MC Outlaws club. There's not much of details or anything because it's not a book in a strict sense of the word. It's an artful photobook first and foremost. Jeff had to build up a narrative of his own upon its visuals. He had to come up with about 80% of material to make it into a movie.

Real life Kathy really spoke that way and it was a conscious risky choice on Jodie's part. She knew it was risky. That's the way that woman spoke. Thanks for the review.