CHINATOWN (1974) Movie Reaction w/ Nicolette FIRST TIME WATCHING

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"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."
Chinatown movie reaction. Check out Nicolette's first time watching Chinatown reaction.
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Considered one of the greatest screenplays of all time - Robert Towne was inspired by a Los Angeles water scandal from Carey McWilliams’ “Southern California Country: An Island on the Land”. Combined with Towne’s love for Raymond Chandler and film noir, he crafted a script that would be studied in film classes for years to come.
We asked Nicolette to take a chance on a film made two decades before she was born... the result was a mix of nostalgia for the time period, love for the writing and performances, and of course… shock and awe at the film’s ending and construct, as it does not follow many of the formulaic conventions we are so used to seeing today.
We hope you enjoy her commentary and reaction to this classic mystery noir.
Directed by Roman Polanski and released in 1974, starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. Written by Robert Towne.
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@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

Nicolette returns for one of our all-time favorites !

@MLJ7956 3 месяца назад

Great reaction to this Oscar Winning classic Nicolette. 😁 If you are interested, Jack Nicholson did reprise his role as private investigator Jake Gittes and directed the underrated sequel 'The Two Jakes' (1990), also starring Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Richard Farnsworth, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Rubén Blades, Tracey Walter and Eli Wallach. Also reprising their roles from 'Chinatown' (1974) are Joe Mantell, Perry Lopez, James Hong, and, in a brief flashback, Faye Dunaway. It did receive mixed reviews when it first came out but has since developed a loyal fan following in recent years. It is worth a 1st watch in my opinion. 👍

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy 3 месяца назад

Great to see Nicolette back (on either channel). 😁 And, yes, I'd love to see her also react to "The Two Jakes" -- you'd be the first channel to do so, I believe. (Still holding out hope for a "Terminator 3" reaction from her as well... 🙏)

@Nickxxx85 3 месяца назад

@@MLJ7956 Underrated? I mean yeah If you're a big fan of chinatown you will have to see it, but damn it is such a weak movie in comparison and Medeline Stowe role is one of the worst I saw in my life:D

@treylane 3 месяца назад

Nicolette a winner

@alexeilindes7507 3 месяца назад

Yah

@kevinsieg2076 3 месяца назад

This is one those films that everyone should see at least once. Great reaction.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

agreed !

@jeffberbert7784 3 месяца назад

After the Godfathers, the best movie of the 70's, and the most criminally neglected by reactors. Well done.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

thank you !

@USCFlash 3 месяца назад

I definitely agree it is infuriating how few reactors watch it, while watching "White Chicks" or other crap 😞😞😞😞😞😞 I think i'd have to disagree with you about it being #3 right after G1 & G2 of the 70s.... I think Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver & Deer Hunter, A Clockwork Orange might just shade it....but it is definitely one of my favorites of all time, and no doubt Top 10 of the 70s with ease. Problem is the competition so much elite quality films from the 70s....Jaws, The Exorcist, Badlands, Barry Lyndon, Alien, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Mean Streets, Jeremiah Johnson, The French Connection....and don't get me started on the amazing comedies (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Monty Python Life of Brian, Animal House, ).....and many more.....a crazy decade of brilliance.

@NosyFella 3 месяца назад

Yeah I always check to see if anyone new has reacted to it and they seldom do. Maybe two reactions per year.

@shasta810 3 месяца назад

French Connection is the best

@FuzzyDlop 3 месяца назад

Way superior to The Godfather is every way. Not even close.

@braunhausmedia 3 месяца назад

One of Jerry Goldsmith's greatest scores. His score was a replacement for the original score by a different composer (which they discarded), and he wrote and recorded it in ten days. Goldsmith was a master. P.S. The farmer with the sheep at city hall is played by Ron Howard's father.

@PeterSimone 3 месяца назад

That was Ron Howard's father???? Didn't know that, interesting tidbit!

@izzonj 3 месяца назад

The American Film Institute voted Noah Cross one of the 5 most evil villains in the first 100 years of film.

@eschiedler 3 месяца назад

Glad you gave this classic a full shot. One of my favs that I've re-watched many times.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

thanks for watching !

@USCFlash 3 месяца назад

FINALLY...a reactor watches Chinatown, instead of the 28th Marvel Movie....

@TheTomt50 3 месяца назад

Yes, they don't make many movies like this anymore. Actually, this captures the realities over the fight for water rights in California!

@TheTomt50 3 месяца назад

And of course more but I didn't dare share it!

@robertjewell9727 3 месяца назад

Fantastic reaction. Robert Towne's screenplay is such a study in storywriting, full of nuance and undertones. I love that Noah Cross if you reword the syllables is No Across, a man so evil that one can't get passed him. A film I think you would love with the same kind of genius and cinematic vibrancy is 1958's TOUCH OF EVIL. Definitely check it out and be sure to watch Criterion's Director's cut edition.

@anthonyleecollins9319 3 месяца назад

I would very much like to see a reaction to Touch of Evil (and, yes, the Criterion Edition). My favorite Welles film.

@s.henrlllpoklookout5069 3 месяца назад

29:50 "That's a pretty big thing to throw into the third act." Oh, my sweet summer child...

@tomloft2000 3 месяца назад

Many long standing character actors in this movie including Burt Young (Rocky, among many others) and James Hong( you might remember him from Airplane, he's the guy that commits hari kari on the plane). He made a movie appearance this year at age 95.

@michaelbuhl4250 3 месяца назад

James Hong was also in Everything Everywhere All at Once, Big Trouble in Little China, and Blade Runner.

@drdavid1963 3 месяца назад

Hi Nicolette. Really enjoyed your first watch of this classic. If you like Jack Nicholson, you could try Five Easy Pieces. I mean, I could see you were enjoying this, you must have said oooo about 50 times

@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286 3 месяца назад

Chinatown is a fantastic homage to the crime noir films of the 40s and great film on it's own. The Man who cut his nose at 15:24 is the director, Roman Polansky. At 38:32 is Bruce Glover, Crispin Glover's Dad. One of my favorite legendary behind the scenes fights comes from this movie. During a scene, Faye Dunaway asks Polansky what her motivation is for the scene, Polansky replied, Say the fucking words, your salary is your motivation.

@foreignmilk5589 3 месяца назад

phenomenal film. nice quiet methodical pace. if you enjoyed this, i highly recomment tinker tailor soldier spy. an espionage film about a british intelligence fiasco that occurred in the 70s. great stuff. we miss your reactions on this channel...hope you return more often.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

there will be a lot of nicolette moving forward

@moonlitegram 3 месяца назад

Back in college I had to edit this film down to 18 minutes or less for an editing class. God, I was sick of this film at the end of finishing that assignment and thought I'd never want to watch the film again. But as soon as the exhaustion wore off, I found myself thinking about the film quite often and have gone back and watched it many times since. Great film. Also, on a side note, obviously you weren't working with such a tight time constraint - but nice job getting this down to under 40 minutes and keeping the important parts in. And kudos to Nicolette - she's very sharp and fun to watch.

@LCCWPresents 8 дней назад

Editing this masterpiece into 18 minutes is a tough call, I applaud you. By chance do you still have a copy of your 18 minute edit? @moonlitegram

@moonlitegram 6 дней назад

@@LCCWPresents Its possible the answer to that is both yes and no. I had eventually stored it on a hard drive. But I never transferred it over to any newer drives since. So its been sitting on the same drive for two decades. There's a good possibility the drive deteriorated. But if I find it and the data is still there I'll try to remember to give you a heads up.

@Mister_Samsonite 3 месяца назад

One of the finest neo-noir movies! This and L.A. Confidential.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

yes and yes !

@jacobjones5269 3 месяца назад

This movie is legend.. LA Confidential is criminally underrated..

@MrRondonmon 3 месяца назад

I would add in the Long Goodbye (TLG), but I think Chinatown is well above the other two. I really think its a top 25ish all time movie. TLG s too quirky for some peoples taste but most Noirs are tbh.

@Mister_Samsonite 3 месяца назад

@@MrRondonmon Some years ago there was a made for TV (HBO, I think) neo noir movie with Dennis Hopper called Witch Hunt. I've never seen it since then, and I don't even know if I could still buy it. It was fantastic in all the usual quirky Dennis Hopper ways.

@clarencewalker3925 3 месяца назад

And "Farewell, My Lovely."

@jacobjones5269 3 месяца назад

“As little as possible”…. The most heart wrenching moment in the history of cinema..

@shainewhite2781 3 месяца назад

Great movie, nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture. The ending was very sad, unfortunately.

@s.henrlllpoklookout5069 3 месяца назад

If it had a happy ending, it would have been forgotten within a year

@citpeks2000 3 месяца назад

And the award for understatement of the year goes to.... "Oh man, your Dad sucks." One of my all time favorites! I re-watch every couple of years, and I always catch more details. Directing, acting, editing, cinematography, score are all on point but none of them would be worth a damn without Robert Towne's absolutely bulletproof script. I also highly recommend this films sequel "The Two Jakes". It's not as good as this (what could be?) but it's a solid effort.

@drewskull5181 13 дней назад

Agreed, The Two Jakes is underrated IMO. It is a worthy sequel and there is no way possible it could live up to one of the best movies ever made.

@joshwallace3087 3 месяца назад

Iv just subbed to your channel I like people who go an watch older films

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

Thanks ! we want to have all the classics here

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

we have a few hitchcocks w Coby right now if you like

@vincentsaia6545 3 месяца назад

The shepherd at the city council meeting was Ron Howard's father, Rance.

@JaguarDave54 3 месяца назад

What’s great about the writing is Robert Towne used a real incident, the dam collapse, as a story element. He wanted to make a trilogy about the development of Los Angeles and each movie would cover a different period of growth. In fact there was a sequel made(“The Two Jake’s” ) but it just didn’t have the impact of the first film. Perhaps if they had made it within a few years of the first one instead of about 20 years later it would of turned out better.

@CaminoAir 2 месяца назад

The opening credits music does tell you where this film is going to end up. That Jerry Goldsmith theme always sounded like someone looking back in time with a very sad nostalgia.

@batman66ism 3 месяца назад

Yes Nicolette is back.🥰

@kmcleod31721 14 дней назад

Its just so great the way Goldsmith's theme shifts from the beginning to the end. At the start its a lush, romantic theme that sweeps you in, but at the end, the exact same music, feels full of loss and regret.

@samuelmoulds1016 2 месяца назад

yeah, the guy who 'knifes' Nickelson's nose is the director of this movie. the man who plays Mr Cross is a world famous movie director who just loved to act in movies.

@pasteye1671 3 месяца назад

Possibly my favourite film. Perfect script (used academically), perfect casting (great the see John Huston in front of the camera), perfect score and perfect performances (including the cameo from Polanski with the flick-knife). You are sure a smart dame, Nicolette, but even you didn't see the child-abuse line coming. You may be pretty, but you're human too. LA Confidential next?

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

good suggestion !

@doubleDD274 2 месяца назад

The lunch scene is filled with all sought of layers. Jack is talking to the great JOHN HUSTON. (Director of The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre, The Man who Would Be King and so many more great movies). At the time of this filming Jack started seeing his daughter Anjelica Houston. So his questions about his daughter in the film echo the relationship Jack is having with her. when he asks "Are you sleeping with her?" it's a true double entendre.

@mattx449 3 месяца назад

I’ve seen this a few times, and the ending is still a punch in the gut.

@mikedignum1868 3 месяца назад

Another good film is the original Thomas Crown Affair..now that's got style.

@richardzinns5676 3 месяца назад

An absolutely perfect movie. And there aren't many.

@d.w.strangeman4963 3 месяца назад

When it comes to film noir (or any genre) this is a master class. If Billy Wilder's films aren't next (and apologies if they have already been done) then 'LA Confidential' is a great film.

@TTM9691 3 месяца назад

Another great reactor for this channel, that was a super fun and super smart commentary. Definitely have Nicolette back!

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

as always, thank you !

@lawsonj39 3 месяца назад

Chinatown is the quintessential American tragedy in the great tradition going back to Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.

@TheToscanaMan 3 месяца назад

Great reaction to an absolutely incredible movie. One of my favorites. And yes the opening credits music is in my collection. It is amazing and sets the mood perfectly.

@vangannaway1015 3 месяца назад

William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 - July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Mulholland designed and supervised the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 233-mile-long (375 km) system to move water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The creation and operation of the aqueduct led to the disputes known as the California Water Wars. Mulholland Drive ...etc

@wwk68tig 3 месяца назад

New to your channel. I was 19 when I saw "Chinatown" in theater.......the "she's my daughter, she's my sister" scene has always stayed with me........good post. Thanks for sharing.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

Welcome !

@michaelbuhl4250 3 месяца назад

As was mentioned in a comment below, the events in this movie are loosely based on the actual history of L.A. and its water supply. Hollis Mulwray is based on William Mulholland and Noah Cross is based on Fred Eaton. For more Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the obvious choice, but I'm going to recommend Five Easy Pieces. For more Faye Dunaway, you should definitely watch Network. For more John Huston, you should watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

@TrumpTrials-vc2fe 3 месяца назад

"What else can you buy that you don't own already?" " The future Mr Gittes, The FUTURE!!!"

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

Huston I’d legend

@chrisg9196 3 месяца назад

3:45 Seabiscuit was a phenomenal race horse of the Depression era, bigger than Michael Jordan and Taylor Swift combined. Seabiscuit became the symbol of the every-man underdog: a symbol of hope for those suffering through the Depression. There's a theme in China Town which is the corruption of the wealthy will continue to hurt the every-man for "the future Mr. Gittes!" That is, to keep the ruling elite in perpetual power.

@drzarkov39 3 месяца назад

One thing that always bothered me, would the cop really shoot at the car at that distance with a snub-nose .38, having an equal chance of killing the daughter in the car?

@anthonyleecollins9319 3 месяца назад

What a great movie.

@RedDawnRocker 3 месяца назад

I'm glad to see one of the next generation experience this movie for the first time. There were many amazing thrillers from this time period... Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, Brotherhood of the Bell ... but one of my all-time favorites came a decade or two earlier ... Man in the Shadow starring Orson Welles. In some ways it's a predecessor to Chinatown in others it stands solidly on it's own. Chinatown's sequel Two Jakes is definitely worth a watch as well if you've never seen it.

@jimmcdonald4087 3 месяца назад

The guy who cuts Jake's nose is the director, Roman Polanski. Nearly all fish are either carnivores or omnivores.

@jons.105 3 месяца назад

Speaking of Faye Dunaway, she's great with Robert Redford in the spy thriller "Three Days of the Condor". Also great from this era: Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn rob safe deposit boxes in "$" (Dollars).

@michaelbuhl4250 3 месяца назад

And don't forget that Faye Dunaway won an Oscar for Network.

@TTM9691 3 месяца назад

Better yet, "speaking of Faye Dunaway".....how about Bonnie And Clyde???!!! No one has done a reaction to Bonnie And Friggin' Clyde, yet! If you had to boil Faye Dunaway to three movies, it would be Bonnie And Clyde, Chinatown, and Network! Network is a movie that could use way more reactions for. But there isn't even one for "Bonnie And Clyde"! That's THE crime movie that should be on this great channel! How about it, bro? Could you right this wrong? PS: It's written by Robert Towne....who wrote Chinatown!!!!

@michaelbuhl4250 3 месяца назад

@@TTM9691 I love Network and I love Bonnie and Clyde, but I love Network a little more. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite movies. However, your points are well taken. I'd be happy to watch reactions to both movies.

@jons.105 3 месяца назад

@@TTM9691 I always wondered how much work Towne actually did on B&C. Uncredited, he wasn't part of the Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay, nor the TWO Writer's Guild awards the script won. But, you're right, not a single RU-vid reaction to it and that's criminal!

@brianquinn8384 2 месяца назад

Nicolette should be a private investigator.

@waynesimpson4081 3 месяца назад

This is a roman a clef. The characters and issues are references to real historical people and events.

@actoranthonybradford 2 месяца назад

classic film!!!

@stanleyetienne8353 3 месяца назад

The man who plays Noah Cross is John Houston, one of the greatest film makers of all time. You should check out his film The Maltese Falcon. It redefined the film noir detective story, and influenced movies like Chinatown.

@scottski51 3 месяца назад

John Huston. Google him. In Hollywood, he could do it all !! A damned Legend, he was !

@socalpaul487 3 месяца назад

The dam mentioned at the beginning, in reality is the San Francisquito Dam that failed March 12, 1928. Official deaths were 431, but could be much higher. Hollis Mulwray is supposed to be William Mulholland. The events depicted are only loosely based on real events, very loosely.

@michaelm6948 3 месяца назад

John Huston, one of Hollywood's legendary directors, and a very good actor to boot. His father Walter Huston was one of the great actors of Hollywood's first generation. Jack Nicholson was involved with Mr. Huston's daughter, Angelica Huston, for many years. The punk who sliced up Jake's nose was the director of this film, Roman Polanski, who is barred from entry to the USA due to a statutory rape charge-great director, sketchy dude.

@hurricane1951 3 месяца назад

Spectacular soundtrack in addition to all the other superlatives.

@thomascanfield9165 3 месяца назад

I wasn’t surprised to read that Faye Dunaway is a super-freaky diva type in real life. You can see it a bit in her acting.

@sheryldalton8965 3 месяца назад

John Huston is so subtley menacing, i think he was in real life too. He directed his father Walter in "treasure of the sierra madre" & his daughter Angelika in "priaai's honor". They both won oscars. His son Danny is a great character actor though relatively unknown. He was awesome in the great Australlian western "the proposition" with Guy Pearce & Ray Winstone.

@briangregory6303 3 месяца назад

If heard a story from Jack that he was actually sleeping with Angelica Huston, the daughter of John Huston, Noah Cross, during the filming of this, and her dad didn't know.

@cutthr0atjake 3 месяца назад

Great reaction. The twist is jaw droppingand only equalled by that in Lady Vengeance, 30 years later.

@rhwinner 3 месяца назад

The history of LA's water is every bit as sordid, cruel and scandalous as the movie. It's still going on today. And I forgot what a spectacular film this is. Thanks.

@axr7149 3 месяца назад

This is one of only 6 movies I have seen that I consider to be "perfectly executed" in the sense that all aspects of filmmaking (acting, writing, directing, editing, score etc.) all work together in perfect sync with no aspect overshadowing the other. The other 5 to achieve the same effect IMO are CASABLANCA (1942), 12 ANGRY MEN (1957), AMADEUS (1984), THE INSIDER (1999), and THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2023).

@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 3 месяца назад

Flawless film. Robert Towne's screenplay is considered the best ever.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

indeed

@johnpittsii7524 3 месяца назад

Hi Nicolette hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

@vincentsaia6545 3 месяца назад

The man with the knife was director Roman Polanski.

@jenniferbabros1985 3 месяца назад

Great movie

@jenniferbabros1985 3 месяца назад

Alot if this was filmed in San Pedro,CA I was there for some of the filming😅

@chickmcgee1000 3 месяца назад

Now you should check out, The Two Jakes. It was done years later, pretty sure that Jack directed it. I don’t think it matched this one, but it’s a good film. Also noticed somebody had mentioned LA Confidential, you’ll love it. Great reaction.

@GetMeThere1 3 месяца назад

My favorite film of all time.

@heyheyjk-la 23 дня назад

Also, while it's not noir, Faye Dunaway is so great in the film, "Network", which is in my top ten favorite films of all time. She won multiple Best Actress awards for it, including the Oscar and Golden Globe, and the film won so many awards world-wide. Released in 1976, it was so prescient and is as relevant today as it was then, which is sad. Would love y'all (especially Nicolette) to watch it.

@criminalcontent 23 дня назад

we love network - we will get that in here soon

@damianstarks3338 3 месяца назад

This movie is classic

@caseymoe816 3 месяца назад

Towne’s script is so brilliantly subtle. Mrs. Mullray is shot through the eye, like Oedipus gouging out his own eyes. It’s a symbol of incest, but also of hubris or excessive pride. In thinking that she could outrun her own fate, she inevitably causes it to happen. As in ancient Greek culture one would have to suffer from extreme pride to think they could defy the will of the gods-or, in Mrs Mullray’s case, her powerful father, Noah Cross. The rich and powerful usually get what they want, no matter the cost.

@andrewreisinger6860 3 месяца назад

Evelyn talks about having a flaw in the iris of her eye. Cross liking the eye of the fish looking at him as he eats it. Glasses throughout. HUGE motif throughout the film. Even L.A. Confidential pays homage to this film by using the whole "eye" and "eyeglasses" motif throughout that film.

@richardlukesh5807 Месяц назад

Odd fact: the notorious incident involving Roman Polanski (this film's director) needing to flee the country took place at Jack Nicholson's home about 3 years after this film came out. Nicholson was not home but Roman asked Jack if he could use his pool for a model photoshoot.

@pormantu 3 месяца назад

Called it😂😂😂

@marcp7314 3 месяца назад

An Excellent choice!!!

@lukebarton5075 3 месяца назад

Another classic crime film from the 1970’s you should watch is “Badlands”. Like this film it’s partly inspired by real life events and is a bit of a spiritual predecessor to the film “True Romance” It’s beautifully shot and has an iconic score. Well worth checking out.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

Oh god yes - on the docket

@davidw3281 3 месяца назад

This movie is my favorite film noir.

@socalpaul487 3 месяца назад

I recommend "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" 1974.

@matthewcostello3530 3 месяца назад

truth...part 2 was The Two Jakes and Part 3 is Who Framed Roger Rabbit

@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy 3 месяца назад

I'm not sure how that Roger Rabbit claim came about. According to a 2007 interview with Jack Nicholson, he claimed the aborted third movie was likely giong to be called "Gittes vs. Gittes" and revolve around no-fault divorce going into effect in the late '60s. 🤷‍♂

@tubekulose 3 месяца назад

"You shouldn't smoke". That's such an American comment. 😂

@endorphinzz 3 месяца назад

I just watched the true story that played a role inspiring "Chinatown"...incredibly wild.

@SchulzEricT 3 месяца назад

A few for Nicolette for Criminal Content: Lucky Number Slevin and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang both modern noir, fantastic writing, clever dialogue, great great mysteries... and both much more uplifting. KKBB is genuinely light and fun... I'd say Slevin is pretty fun too, although it's a bit more grim, dark, gritty, whatever... neither near like Chinatown though.

@jollyrodgers7272 3 месяца назад

Sixteen years later a sequel to this came out called THE TWO JAKES (1990), it was a Box Office flop, and couldn't hold a candle to this.

@lukebarton5075 3 месяца назад

There was a gonna be a second sequel that didn’t happen but parts of that story did end up in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

@glen1ster 3 месяца назад

2;22--I think you mean a fedora (maybe by Stetson or Adams--maybe a Stetson Whippet).

@Al_NERi 3 месяца назад

Btw one of Jake's detective operatives is played by Crispin Glover's (of Back To The Future fame) actor father Bruce Glover. The resemblance between them is strong.

@pedrolopez8057 3 месяца назад

Nicholson just nails a classic Bogart role.

@stanleyetienne8353 3 месяца назад

that ending though....

@gordonhaire9206 3 месяца назад

There is a sequel: The Two Jakes

@mega00760 2 месяца назад

first time here and one of the best films ever made

@criminalcontent 2 месяца назад

thank you , and we agree !

@lesgrice4419 3 месяца назад

One of the all time great movies.....and bravo to Roman Polanski for not giving us a 'Hollywood' ending......its so shocking, my daughter and my sister....and everyone goes OMG no...

@s.henrlllpoklookout5069 3 месяца назад

One of the greatest movies ever, directed by one of the greatest POS ever

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

true and true

@grichard1585 3 месяца назад

@@criminalcontent Well you have to realize that Polanski grew up in Europe in the 40's - 50's when the age of consent was very young. France had an age of consent of 15 during the 1940s and 1950s In Germany, the age of consent was 14 during the 1940s and 1950s. Italy maintained an age of consent of 14 during the 1940s and 1950s, which remained unchanged until the 1970s. Spain: Spain had an age of consent of 12 during the 1940s and 1950s It's crazy, I know. What's even crazier is that in 1776 America, the age of consent, which was codified in English common law and later adopted by the American colonies, ranged from 10 to 12 years old.

@seansersmylie 3 месяца назад

One of the great neo-noirs of the 70's. You should check out The Long Goodbye by Robert Altman, it's another all time classic.

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

great recommendation!

@heyheyjk-la 23 дня назад

I was just down at Echo Park Lake last weekend. The bridge has been locked off for a long while now but I always love it when I'm in the same location where they shot some of my favorite films. Great reaction to a great film. Also, what's Nicolette's IG handle? Already following y'all but can't find hers (probably not spelling it right).

@TTM9691 3 месяца назад

Bonnie And Clyde, also starring Faye Dunaway, also by Robert Towne, also super "iconic" and groundbreaking.......and yet not one reaction for it yet! Please right this wrong, Criminal Content!!!! You are just the channel to do it!!!!

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

absolutely on the docket

@TTM9691 3 месяца назад

@@criminalcontent Yes!!!!! Thanks in advance!!!!!

@user-wn6hh4dy8c 3 месяца назад

Damn.

@aweebunny 3 месяца назад

Is this movie perfectly cast or what?

@liduck52 2 месяца назад

Ya gotta see The Sugarland Express also from 1974.

@criminalcontent 2 месяца назад

oooh good recommendation !

@leebrandt8597 3 месяца назад

Please watch LA Confidential! I love it more than this depressing movie

@criminalcontent 3 месяца назад

we had Jonathan watch it - link is in description - but can have Nicolette watch it too

@leebrandt8597 3 месяца назад

@@criminalcontent Yes! Please have her watch it if that's possible!

@marcusanthonyPOV 3 месяца назад

I can only think of two films better than this one and neither is LA Confidential.

@leebrandt8597 3 месяца назад

@@marcusanthonyPOV to each his own. I find this movie depressing and boring

@88wildcat 3 месяца назад

@@marcusanthonyPOV I probably like L.A. Confidential a little better than Chinatown but they are both incredible films. Yes this film is depressing but unlike some other classic depressing films (Taxi Driver, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Midnight Cowboy for starters) this one doesn't drag me down to the point where I can't stand to watch it. It is one of the few super depressing films I can watch over and over. Also it may be depressing but it is certainly not boring.

@anttyzale5455 2 месяца назад

React to To Live and Die in LA

@doubleDD274 2 месяца назад

You definitely have got to watch LA CONFIDENTIAL the movie that comes closest to this in greatness. A stacked cast, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Guy Pierce and KIm Bassinger.