Chinatown
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
Discussion with author Sam Wasson about his new book, "The Big Goodbye."
Director: Roman Polanski Run Time: 130 min. Format: 35mm Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Roman Polanski takes the real life California Water Wars as inspiration in his neo-noir masterpiece, Chinatown. At the center of it is Los Angeles, a city that originated as a desert therefore being a place where he who controla the water, controls the town. It’s precisely this ring of corruption that private investigator Jack Gittes (Jack Nicholson) uncovers when he’s on a not-so-typical adulterer case for a beautiful young wife named Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway). Polanski excels at making a familiar city like Los Angeles strange; in Chinatown it becomes extraordinarily mysterious and the site of very unexpected happenings.
Before the film, author Sam Wasson will have a discussion about his new book “The Big Goodbye,” which discusses Chinatown at length. Copies of the book are available at a discount when you purchase your ticket.
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