Screening of Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir 'Chinatown' within the Phoenix Art Museum's 'The Color of Noir' film series.
The Phoenix Art Museum is screening Chinatown on Sunday, November 1, as part of its The Color of Noir film series. The movie is Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir, with Jack Nicholson in the lead role of Jake Gittes, a private eye hired by a socialite to investigate her husband's affair. What starts as a routine case quickly pulls him into a web of personal and political scandals.
Chinatown earned 11 Academy Award nominations, and Robert Towne took home Best Original Screenplay for the script. It's also the role that cemented Nicholson as a top-tier talent. Among the neo-noirs released over the last 60-plus years, it's frequently cited as the greatest of the bunch. It's shot in color and often in bright daylight, which is a departure from the shadowy chiaroscuro lighting that defined classic noir. Still, it mimics the older style in its set design, costumes, cars, and duplicitous characters, and it breaks with the genre by eschewing the archetypal 'spider woman' villains.
The screening is part of The Color of Noir, the museum's film series that programs new and classic works by local and global filmmakers that connect to its collection and exhibitions. This particular edition centers on Chinatown.
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The screening is at 1 PM on Sunday, November 1, at the Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N Central Ave, Phoenix. Tickets are $10.
