Comments on: ‘L.A. Confidential’ Sequel TV Series Being Shopped By James Ellroy

By: JHK2

JHK2 — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:05:40 +0000

EMV: You have it backwards my friend. I'm a huge De Palma fan but LA Confidential blows his Black Dahlia out of the water. Ellroy is one of the best-in-class detective writers of all time. I think the primary issue with De Palma's BD was the casting which was absolutely wrong. LAC casting was on the mark and the story was fascinating, incidentally, borrowing bits of several novels and incorporating the spots and characters into the movie made it rich and multi-dimensional whereas BD relied on De Palma's trademark interpretive style just didn't capture the flavor of Ellroy's original material.

By: AE

AE — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:05:40 +0000

I thought Rampart was fantastic. Despite the mixed bag of adaptations, I want more Ellroy on the screen, just please no compromising.

By: EMV

EMV — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:05:40 +0000

I really donÂ´t know what is your problem with Brian De PalmaÂ´s Black Dahlia. If you know at least a few films of his career you should probably know that this film is one of his best and that De Palma is perhaps the only film maker of the 70's that has constantly challenge the way your senses "watch a film". Not only is an extraordinary reinterpretation of EllroyÂ´s novel (by the way, not a great writer), but a summa of an entire filmography. Echoes of so many images of the past trapped in this film and in the dark shadows of Vilmos Zsigmond gaze. Betrayal, corruption, murder, an histerical laugh of a clown, an opera of a genre or may be an eulogy for it.

Miles away is LA Confidential and the others adaptations of EllroyÂ´s novels. Curtis Hanson is no Brian De Palma. And miles miles miles away is Michael Bay who has so much attention in this blog recently… Please, enlight your audience always with the best.