Chinatown Analysis

F entirely 2012

English 219: Film as Text

Screen repartee Log

Chinatown

Instructor:
Doyle Rexford Avant

Raef Zebian
ID#: 201200566
In this neo-noir flick, the protagonist acts out his past period living his present. He cant always enumerate whats going on, thus he should have through with(predicate) as little as possible to avoid a tragic ending he has previously experienced. Its Chinatown all over again!

Firstly, the narrative form in Chinatown contains almost interesting aspects to analyze. Starting with temporal frequency, eventhough no word-painting or time has been repeated, many actions and events forebode other potent ones. The juke Mrs Mullwray/Ida Sessions is seen wearing a weird hat that resembles what a leave behind would wear at her husbands funeral; soon after, Evelyn Mullwrays husband is murdered and she wears a similar hat. At the Mullwrays house, the gardener says bad for glass. Since hes a extraterrestrial (Chinese most probably), he could easily be thought of as having pronunciation problems and have meant grass, which is true as a subsequent scene shows; nevertheless, the mentioning of glass anticipates the discovery of Noah Cross glasses in the pond. To this can be added two key forebodings.



One happens in the rest house scene: after the physical fight, Jake jumps on Evelyns car that is being shot from the back as it rolls away; this happens again in the final scene of the movie, moreover with fatal consequences. The other is also related to the final scene in the movie: after Jake has followed Evelyn to her other house where she keeps Katherine hidden, he surprises her in her car and during the dialogue, Evelyn leans on the steering wander spark off the car horn. This is the perish that denounces her death in the end of the movie; a motionless Evelyn is leaning on the steering wheel again and a prolonged car horn sound is heard.
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