Film Analysis Blog Post - Part 3
Chinatown (7/9) Movie CLIP - Capable of Anything (1974) HD In this scene, the characters confront one another as the scene helps build into the film's climax with a confrontation as the clues have been gathered, the critical thinking conducted, and the information deciphered to understand what is at stake along with the truth, and how to ensure justice is served. One of the detectives in this scene confronts a corrupt figure whose controlling the water supply in the city in a corruption scheme of unchecked power. The dialogue in this scene is serious, with both character delivering lines of accusations, confrontation, and rebuttal. The man in the right side of the above thumbnail, the character Noah Cross (John Huston), states "You see, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything." This shows the cynical attitude of Cross as an evil villain who knows no bounds, the design of the characte...
