Hoezo in KINO

“Have you ever heard the expression “Let sleeping dogs lie”? Sometimes you’re better off not knowing.” Are we aware that director Roman Polanski is a deeply problematic person? Very much so. Is Chinatown on Jack Nicholson’s Mount Rushmore of career performances? Absolutely, and no retrospective would be complete without it. This utterly stunning neo-noir about the shady goings-on in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, written by the great Robert Towne, exposes the rotten core of a powerful family hellbent on control of the California water supply. Chinatown is iconic in every way – from its impeccable costume design to its ingrained dialogue and sudden, shocking violence. Nicholson’s Jake is (literally) like a wounded animal , flanked by a stunning cast including Faye Dunaway and John Huston. English language without subtitles.