Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

Eric Cohen and Rich Edwards return to take a ride in a convertible time machine, be-bopping back to the year 1997 to look at Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential. Starring more folks from down under than you can shake a boomerang at, this jazzy flick plays with many classic noir tropes while playing fast and loose with the third book of James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet.
We examine how Hanson and co-writer Brian Helgeland masterfully condensed Ellroy's compelling and complicated story to craft a Neo-Noir that some rank among the best. The film features dazzling performances from "newcomers" Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.7	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:09.3	They were three cops who had nothing in common.
0:12.6	Phrase. Big Vee, what are you doing here?
0:14.0	Hey, you know me? I'm keeping the streets safe, boys.
0:16.0	One would do anything to get ahead.
0:18.3	You're truly prepared to be despisive in the department?
0:20.5	Yes, sir, I am.
0:21.4	One had his own brand of justice.
0:23.7	How's it going to look in your report?
0:25.0	It'll look like justice.
0:26.5	That's what the man got.
0:27.8	And one loved the spotlight.
0:30.2	What exactly do you do on the show, Jack?
0:32.0	I teach Brett Chase how to walk and talk like a cop.
0:36.1	The Night Owall Massacre This is a heinous crime that requires
0:39.5	Swift resolution
0:40.4	Six victims
0:42.0	One of them, one of our own
0:43.7	Interrogations will be led by Lieutenant
0:45.8	I'm Nexley
0:46.4	I need some backup, come on
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