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Wed 9 Apr 2025
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By reflecting the unease of the Vietnam War and Watergate era, Polanski masterfully updates the classic noir formula to create “one of the most unremittingly bleak statements on How Things Work in America” (Scott Tobias). Jack Nicholson plays J. J. “Jake” Gittes, hired to investigate suspected infidelity but quickly drawn into a dense web of crime and corruption set against the backdrop of internecine disputes over the water supply to Los Angeles.
Boasting stellar performances by Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston, a masterfully structured script by Robert Towne, and a stunning recreation of sun-drenched 1930s LA, this is frequently cited as one of the greatest films of all time. 4K DCP.
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