Chinatown (final scene)

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Chinatown (final scene) is the bleak, climactic ending of Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-noir film "Chinatown," where the story’s corruption and tragedy culminate in a devastating loss and the famous line, “Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film scene ⓘ
addressesCharacter Jake Gittes ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Gittes
cinematographerOfFilm John A. Alonzo ⓘ
concludesArcOf Evelyn Mulwray ⓘ
Jake Gittes ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Gittes

Noah Cross ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfFilm United States ⓘ
criticalReputation one of the most famous endings in American cinema ⓘ
depicts Noah Cross taking custody of Katherine ⓘ
fatal shooting of Evelyn Mulwray ⓘ
police confrontation ⓘ
director Roman Polanski ⓘ
emotionalEffect despair ⓘ
resignation ⓘ
shock ⓘ
famousLine Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown. ⓘ
featuresCharacter Evelyn Mulwray ⓘ
Jake Gittes ⓘ
linked to: J. J. Gittes

Noah Cross ⓘ
police officers ⓘ
genre neo-noir ⓘ
hasWorkTitle Chinatown ⓘ
influenced later neo-noir film endings ⓘ
languageOfFilm English ⓘ
locationType urban street ⓘ
medium motion picture ⓘ
narrativeFunction climax ⓘ
resolution ⓘ
partOf Chinatown (1974 film) ⓘ
precedes end credits of Chinatown (1974 film) ⓘ
quotedIn film criticism ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
releaseYearOfFilm 1974 ⓘ
screenwriterOfFilm Robert Towne ⓘ
setting Chinatown, Los Angeles ⓘ
spokenBy Lou Escobar ⓘ
symbolizes futility of resistance ⓘ
inescapable corruption ⓘ
limits of justice ⓘ
theme institutional corruption ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
powerlessness ⓘ
tragic inevitability ⓘ
tone bleak ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
visualMotif nighttime city lights ⓘ
police car lights ⓘ

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Evelyn Mulwray → diesIn → Chinatown (final scene) ⓘ
subject linked to: Evelyn Mulwray – Faye Dunaway