Los Angeles, 1950s Even as the city is subject to a wave of retribution following the fall of King Mickey Cohen, the criminal police are fully mobilized on the Night Owl case, a massacre in which an ex-cop fell. Three detectives with radically different styles will have to work together to unravel the threads of a story more complicated than meets the eye…
A brilliant adaptation of the 1990 novel of the same name by great author James Ellroy, LA Confidential was one of the major films to come out of Hollywood in the 90s.
Written by the late Curtis Hanson, who left us in 2016, and written by Brian Helgeland, this dark and sticky thriller sees crooks, incorruptible cops, mobsters, prostitutes, petty informants and evil journalists collide in the city of fallen angels. A fabulous cast unanimously: Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, David Strathairn, or Danny DeVito, to name a few. The film also won two Oscars, including Best Supporting Actress for Basinger.
Released in 1997, it grossed just over $126 million at the worldwide box office. In France, unfortunately, it was not a triumph in the theaters: less than 590,000 viewers… a pure injustice, which time fortunately took care to correct: LA Confidential remains to this day the best adaptation of James’s world. Elroy.
If the artistic quality of this adaptation of the writer’s work is not / is no longer disputed, it is rather ironic to know that he does not like it at all, before saying that it “It’s as deep as a tortilla”. That’s his right, but we don’t have to agree with him.
LA Confidential Available on the site France. television until December 22. So you have plenty of time to do some checking out sessions if you’ve never seen this gem.
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