Chinatown

This film has a very deep plot so it is hard to do it justice by watching it just once. We see most of the film from the point of view of Jake Gittes who is played by Jack Nicholson. I was very impressed by Nicholson's performance. The story has many different elements of suspense and suprise. You never quite know where the story is going as it draws you in almost engulfing into life of Gittes as he unravels clues and motives behind the antagonists plans. The narrative behind this story is both politcal and personal. The two are inseperably woven together and bring forth the true life character of people and the relationships that propel people to do good and/or evil. There are almost always to stories happening. The story of solving the crime and the relationship between the characters that are involved in the crime. This makes for a film that never has a dull moment and this is what I believe makes it a Neo-Noir film.