Chinatown- Story Analysis

Chinatown is told with and with no narration, because the story told in some parts by Jake Gitties. Mr. Gitties is the protagonist of the film. The spectators see Mr. Gitties as the hero of this film, because he is percieved as the the good guy, even though in some parts of the film he is clearly not as good guy. For example when Mr. Gitties is slapping Ms.Mulwray in one of the scenes, one sees that Mr.Gitties is not always the nice guy that the audience portrays him to be in this film. the audience provides mystery in the film because, one does not know exactly what is going on in the beggining of the film, bcause it is mysterious to us. The story is some what chronologically, because the events happen right after each other, but in some parst of the film theres are references to events that happened in the past, such as Ms. Mulwray's rape. The genre of this is film is noir, because as the film develops, one sees characteristics of film noir such as low key lighting, the use of a femme fatale, and settings that are closely tied to film noir. This film shows corruption at the time, because corruption is being represented through Mr.Cross, because he own the entire Los Angeles police department, thus showing how at the time corruption was happening through various parts of the country. The Narrative shows a dark side of humans because, one may not notice it but nostly every human has a dark side because one is only interested in their own needs rather then others, which can be shown through Mr.Cross's evil plan, with the water supply in LA. Another human trait that is embody in the naration of this film is humans interest in mysteries, because if something does not make sence to us, one tends to figure out the meaning of something, which he shown through Mr.Gitties.