chinatown . take the lead

chinatown is a place where you cant control what is going to happen, a place where gittes the detective tries to do ‘as little as possible’, a place where all rules break down. leisurely and beautifully constructed twisted tale right up to the very dark end set in the heat of los angeles, the story follows a marlowe type detective as he tries to uncover the secret behind the murder of the chief of the water and power department. faye dunaway plays the femme fatale with the dark secret and jack nicholson the detective.

and at the other end is ‘take the lead’. antonio banderas as a ballroom dancer teaching inner city kids the meaning of respect through the foxtrot. cringe-worthy.