I had the luxury of watching Chinatown on blu last night, then immediately watching it again with the Towne/Fincher commentary (US release only, beware). Is there any other movie that improves so much on every rewatch? First time I saw it I thought it was slow and confusing and fairly dull (idiot!). What it does is treat the audience with respect, its the anti Michael Bay film, thinking and total immersion is essential. Was great hearing David Fincher (who adores it) revealing a few tiny imperfections (or were they?) in Polanskis direction - he must have seen it 100 times to notice this stuff. Robert Towne sounds strangely normal - after reading Easy Riders...Raging Bulls I though he was a total fruitcake!
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