We’re holding a free screening of a crime classic of your choice next week.
NB: This piece contains spoilers.
The city it takes place in is unnamed and filmed in muted colours.
Red is the only bold colour used and only when it feels like a descent into a hellish underworld.
It rains constantly and everywhere appears to flourishing amidst unrelenting decay.
These contradictions feed into the plot itself.
The two constants within these narrative shifts are Mills and Somerset, caught up in something increasingly dark.
It feeds into a constant sense of foreboding that grows over the course of the film.
Its a depressing, hopeless view of society.
In this film, the killer wins.
He gets to complete his grand scheme and he corrupts and destroys an honest police officer in the process.
It offers a snapshot of how methodical he is before the first body is even discovered.
Mills naivety becomes that bit more tragic whilst Somersets warnings are chillingly ominous.
you could read our look back atLA Confidentialhere.
Screening details and how it’s possible for you to vote are here.
