Mar 6 · Screening + Conversation
CHINATOWN
A film by Roman Polanski
w/ Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Rated R
2hr 10min
A special CineMania screening with a Q/A discussion exploring the water wars that inspired Chinatown and how it relates to the water issues underlying the development of the SouthWest, including Santa Fe. We will be joined by two of New Mexico’s most engaging authorities on water - Tanya Trujillo, Deputy State Water Engineer and NM Governor’s water policy advisor and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division.
“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown”
With those words, one of the most celebrated movies of all time reaches its resounding finale. Every element of Chinatown is remarkable – beginning with its Academy Award- Winning screenplay, the film was nominated for 11 Oscars for its direction, acting, cinematography, score, editing, production design, costume design and more. We are screening a new 4K restoration of this masterpiece of film noir that captures the film’s astounding, rarely-equaled cinematography and a sweeping music score that carries us back in time to 1937 Los Angeles where Nicholson’s private-eye and Dunaway’s alluring femme-fatale generate a heated onscreen chemistry. Caught in a web of secrets, betrayal and corruption, the film dives into the underworld that gave birth to a Southern California mecca out of a desert landscape, creating one of the biggest economies in the World while also developing a huge population, living in and among the fire-prone canyons and foothills that define its topography and that have so recently raged. Towne’s screenplay was inspired by the California water wars; an eruption of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th Century that resulted in Los Angeles securing the water rights to the Owens Valley and bringing it down the East Side of the Sierras to fill the reservoirs that turned this desert into an oasis. And as the film reveals, beneath the glossy surface of this mecca lies a dark and dangerous story of wealth, power and greed.
This screening includes two of New Mexico’s most engaging water experts – Tanya Trujillo, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science – and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division. CineMania’s Scott Garen will introduce the film and what promises to be an eye-opening Q & A / discussion about the water wars that inspired the film and how the SouthWest’s water issues inform our own water issues in Santa Fe.
Synopsis:
Private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray to spy on her husband, the chief engineer of LA’s water department, only to discover that huge quantities of water are being released from reservoirs each night, despite the fact that LA is in the midst of a drought.
Gittes embarks on a clandestine affair with the real Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) becoming embroiled in a dangerous web of deceit and corruption. But when Gittes uncovers a sinister plot involving water rights and a powerful, manipulative figure, Noah Cross (John Huston), it leads him into a dangerous and ultimately futile pursuit of the truth and the bottom line - to Forget it, Jake – it’s Chinatown.
“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown”
With those words, one of the most celebrated movies of all time reaches its resounding finale. Every element of Chinatown is remarkable – beginning with its Academy Award- Winning screenplay, the film was nominated for 11 Oscars for its direction, acting, cinematography, score, editing, production design, costume design and more. We are screening a new 4K restoration of this masterpiece of film noir that captures the film’s astounding, rarely-equaled cinematography and a sweeping music score that carries us back in time to 1937 Los Angeles where Nicholson’s private-eye and Dunaway’s alluring femme-fatale generate a heated onscreen chemistry. Caught in a web of secrets, betrayal and corruption, the film dives into the underworld that gave birth to a Southern California mecca out of a desert landscape, creating one of the biggest economies in the World while also developing a huge population, living in and among the fire-prone canyons and foothills that define its topography and that have so recently raged. Towne’s screenplay was inspired by the California water wars; an eruption of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th Century that resulted in Los Angeles securing the water rights to the Owens Valley and bringing it down the East Side of the Sierras to fill the reservoirs that turned this desert into an oasis. And as the film reveals, beneath the glossy surface of this mecca lies a dark and dangerous story of wealth, power and greed.
This screening includes two of New Mexico’s most engaging water experts – Tanya Trujillo, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science – and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division. CineMania’s Scott Garen will introduce the film and what promises to be an eye-opening Q & A / discussion about the water wars that inspired the film and how the SouthWest’s water issues inform our own water issues in Santa Fe.
Synopsis:
Private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray to spy on her husband, the chief engineer of LA’s water department, only to discover that huge quantities of water are being released from reservoirs each night, despite the fact that LA is in the midst of a drought.
Gittes embarks on a clandestine affair with the real Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) becoming embroiled in a dangerous web of deceit and corruption. But when Gittes uncovers a sinister plot involving water rights and a powerful, manipulative figure, Noah Cross (John Huston), it leads him into a dangerous and ultimately futile pursuit of the truth and the bottom line - to Forget it, Jake – it’s Chinatown.
Mar 6 · Screening + Conversation
CHINATOWN
A film by Roman Polanski
w/ Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Rated R
2hr 10min
A special CineMania screening with a Q/A discussion exploring the water wars that inspired Chinatown and how it relates to the water issues underlying the development of the SouthWest, including Santa Fe. We will be joined by two of New Mexico’s most engaging authorities on water - Tanya Trujillo, Deputy State Water Engineer and NM Governor’s water policy advisor and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division.
“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown”
With those words, one of the most celebrated movies of all time reaches its resounding finale. Every element of Chinatown is remarkable – beginning with its Academy Award- Winning screenplay, the film was nominated for 11 Oscars for its direction, acting, cinematography, score, editing, production design, costume design and more. We are screening a new 4K restoration of this masterpiece of film noir that captures the film’s astounding, rarely-equaled cinematography and a sweeping music score that carries us back in time to 1937 Los Angeles where Nicholson’s private-eye and Dunaway’s alluring femme-fatale generate a heated onscreen chemistry. Caught in a web of secrets, betrayal and corruption, the film dives into the underworld that gave birth to a Southern California mecca out of a desert landscape, creating one of the biggest economies in the World while also developing a huge population, living in and among the fire-prone canyons and foothills that define its topography and that have so recently raged. Towne’s screenplay was inspired by the California water wars; an eruption of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th Century that resulted in Los Angeles securing the water rights to the Owens Valley and bringing it down the East Side of the Sierras to fill the reservoirs that turned this desert into an oasis. And as the film reveals, beneath the glossy surface of this mecca lies a dark and dangerous story of wealth, power and greed.
This screening includes two of New Mexico’s most engaging water experts – Tanya Trujillo, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science – and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division. CineMania’s Scott Garen will introduce the film and what promises to be an eye-opening Q & A / discussion about the water wars that inspired the film and how the SouthWest’s water issues inform our own water issues in Santa Fe.
Synopsis:
Private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray to spy on her husband, the chief engineer of LA’s water department, only to discover that huge quantities of water are being released from reservoirs each night, despite the fact that LA is in the midst of a drought.
Gittes embarks on a clandestine affair with the real Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) becoming embroiled in a dangerous web of deceit and corruption. But when Gittes uncovers a sinister plot involving water rights and a powerful, manipulative figure, Noah Cross (John Huston), it leads him into a dangerous and ultimately futile pursuit of the truth and the bottom line - to Forget it, Jake – it’s Chinatown.
“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown”
With those words, one of the most celebrated movies of all time reaches its resounding finale. Every element of Chinatown is remarkable – beginning with its Academy Award- Winning screenplay, the film was nominated for 11 Oscars for its direction, acting, cinematography, score, editing, production design, costume design and more. We are screening a new 4K restoration of this masterpiece of film noir that captures the film’s astounding, rarely-equaled cinematography and a sweeping music score that carries us back in time to 1937 Los Angeles where Nicholson’s private-eye and Dunaway’s alluring femme-fatale generate a heated onscreen chemistry. Caught in a web of secrets, betrayal and corruption, the film dives into the underworld that gave birth to a Southern California mecca out of a desert landscape, creating one of the biggest economies in the World while also developing a huge population, living in and among the fire-prone canyons and foothills that define its topography and that have so recently raged. Towne’s screenplay was inspired by the California water wars; an eruption of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th Century that resulted in Los Angeles securing the water rights to the Owens Valley and bringing it down the East Side of the Sierras to fill the reservoirs that turned this desert into an oasis. And as the film reveals, beneath the glossy surface of this mecca lies a dark and dangerous story of wealth, power and greed.
This screening includes two of New Mexico’s most engaging water experts – Tanya Trujillo, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science – and Jesse Dillon Roach, Director of Santa Fe’s Water Division. CineMania’s Scott Garen will introduce the film and what promises to be an eye-opening Q & A / discussion about the water wars that inspired the film and how the SouthWest’s water issues inform our own water issues in Santa Fe.
Synopsis:
Private investigator Jake Gittes (Nicholson) is hired by a woman claiming to be Evelyn Mulwray to spy on her husband, the chief engineer of LA’s water department, only to discover that huge quantities of water are being released from reservoirs each night, despite the fact that LA is in the midst of a drought.
Gittes embarks on a clandestine affair with the real Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) becoming embroiled in a dangerous web of deceit and corruption. But when Gittes uncovers a sinister plot involving water rights and a powerful, manipulative figure, Noah Cross (John Huston), it leads him into a dangerous and ultimately futile pursuit of the truth and the bottom line - to Forget it, Jake – it’s Chinatown.
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