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L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Curtis Hanson. The screenplay, by Hanson and Brian Helgeland, is based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in 1953, and the intersection of police corruption and Hollywood celebrity. The title refers to the 1950s scandal…
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Released in 1997, L.A. Confidential arrived during a decade packed with strong films, yet it managed to stand out immediately. Directed by Curtis Hanson and based on the novel by James Ellroy, the movie dives deep into corruption, ambition, and the polished illusion of 1950s Los Angeles. Beneath the sunshine and glamour, the story reveals a city filled with secrets. Curtis Hanson directs the film with remarkable pre…More
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Fuente En 1997, Titanic fue la película con más Oscar conseguidos, no solo en esa premiación sino en la historia del evento. A pesar de su contundencia en los premios, otros títulos lograron quitarle ciertas estatuillas importantes; entre ellos, L.A. Confidential, una película policiaca que logra mostrarnos un caso de lo más intrincado. Se estrenó ese mismo año, siendo su director Curtis Hanson. > In 1997, Titanic w…More
Film noir is a genre traditionally associated with 1940s and 1950s Hollywood, but even the most purist among the film scholars might admit that some of the genre’s best known works were made in latter decades. One of such examples is *Chinatown*, made in 1974, which is often considered to be the best film noir of all times. Roughly quarter of century later another grand piece of film noir was presented to the world…More
When the people who are in charge of maintaining the peace end up creating chaos, it leads to destruction, way bigger than the outer chaos could have damaged. Often we get to experience this kinda situation in various ways. Image Source L.A. Confidential is a crime genre film from 1997, which was directed by Curtis Hanson, and the screenplay was based on a novel by James Ellroy from 1990. So the story basically cent…More
Noir in French means black and in the cinema noir are called the films that are characterized as dark, with cynical heroes who are in the cyclone of events. source Film noir was a product of its time, in the years following the Great Depression, in which ruthless private detectives and corrupt police officers, desperate people, try to survive in a hostile city, hidden in dark corners, following their own moral codes…More
It is always fun to discover a classic movie with a bunch of great actors and an intriguing plot! This movie is from 1997 and truth be told, I had never heard of it until yesterday when I saw it playing on the TV. I always check some basic information about the movie I am planning to see to avoid wasting my time watching a mediocre flick. When googling this movie I was surprised by how many Hollywood stars take part…More
image source Hello everybody. I am talking about films, in this series. I will criticism about films I watced. Actually, it is not exactly criticism. It is more like comment. Because I am not critic. I just talking about films. I say features or scenes what I liked. If I watched another films by the same director, I tell about them too. Herkese merhaba arkadaşlar. Sndbox için türkçe bir film serisi bu. Seri bayağı u…More
