Alright. Let's do this thang.
THE VIDEO:
Okay, I Lied. It's a movie called Chinatown, and it's about 2 hours long or so. So look it up on Hulu or something will you? I can't provide EVERYTHING. Geez.
THE ANALYSIS:
Alrighty then. Chinatown isn't really narrated--it's one of those movies that plays everything out rather than telling the story. This also means(most of the time) that the main character's thoughts aren't voiced to the audience--meaning, in other words, that facial expression is KEY. But I digress. Moving on. The movie centers around a man named Jake Gitties. He's a former policeman who, in the movie, is currently a Private Eye. He's the guy where everything happens around or to him, etc.etc.
There isn't a guiding hand(just putting it out there now instead of pasting it in awkwardly you know?). The spectators provide the suspense--no that's what the music does, I was just kidding. The audience supplies the movie with the general idea of "WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED" and "OH MY GOD THAT GUY DID NOT JUST DIE, WHAT THE HECK?!" kind of feeling. On a more serious note, that idea is called the loss of self within the story--or in laymen's terms, you lose yourself, in the story. Repetitive, I know--but who cares!
As mentioned earlier--a reference! Oh! oh! oh! EXCITING(as Sullivan would so kindly phrase it)--because the thoughts of the actor's are not conveyed to the audience, their facial expressions are crucial, in which the audience provides the thoughts of the characters in the movie through said expressions, putting pieces together from the events of the movie. And that may very well be a run-on sentence. ONWARD!
Time is presented CHRONOLOGICALLY. No flashbacks--no nothin'. We're left to our imaginations man--and HEY(is for horses but..) that's another thing the audience provides! Sort of! The images of implied flashbacks and descriptions is just vivid if you think about it a little ;). It's a realistic sort of twisted little plot. SPOILER: It gets so screwed up in the middle--like totally twisted like a pretzel guys. No Joke. The genre would definitely be FILM NOIR. This is good stuff people.
Definitely made in the black and white age(not the filming the plotline). Reminds me of the 20's--no cellphones or anything. I get my dates mixed up a lot(a personal problem you see...) so I could be wrong. But you can tell everything is old. Hahaha.
I'm pretty sure in most Film Noir films, the main characters embody universal human traits--what with all the death and corruption and money and greed and lust and stuff. You know?
THE OPINION:
It was a pretty darn good movie right thar! But no offense or anything, but I probably would have never watched it if you recommended it to me. Don't get me wrong, I love the private eye business here people--the 20's are a plus even! But come on--I just wouldn't. I admit I even got distracted while watching the movie in class. This isn't a bad sign--but it ain't that wonderful either guys. That's saying something--cuz I generally get distracted, but if I make a point of pointing it out, well, that just tips it down a notch on the good meter yo. BUT AFTER THE MIDDLE PART--like towards the end--IT WAS EPICALLY TWISTED in the suspenseful kind of "OH MAH GOD NO WAY" kind of way. I'm pretty damn sure I enjoyed those last parts. SPOILER: I felt mortified when she died..
THE END: I WIN!
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