We’re holding a free screening of a crime classic of your choice next week.
The approach was to strip the book back to its bare essentials and to build it up from there.
For Hanson, those essentials were Ellroys characters.
Those vistas soon give way to scenes of organised crime as Hudgens tells of the downfall of Mickey Cohen.
The bright cinematography captures this perfectly, eschewing more traditional film noir techniques in favour of something more modern.
It emphasises that this danger isnt just within the shadows, as men are killed in broad daylight.
playing as Vincennes discovers a dead body.
When Vincennes starts to piece everything together, the lyric I have grown so much wiser now plays.
The characters journeys are the focus within this alternately nightmarish and dreamlike version of 1950s Los Angeles.
They are surrounded by a hugely capable and colourful supporting cast, too.
The narrative of White, Exley and Vincennes is placed at the centre of this conflict.
Kevin Spacey channels Dean Martin with Jack Vincennes, who acts as a warning for the other two officers.
They settle their differences and fight not only the corruption within the force, but also within themselves.
His moral code is there, it just takes a little longer to dig it out.
