The movie, that I have chosen is, "LA Confidential". To me, this movie has all of the classic and neo-noir aspects. It is basically a hardboiled detective and higher level corruption based movie. There are three cops from LAPD. Tough cop Bud White, lieutenant Ed Exley and Jack Vincennes; everybody has their own point of views of what they are doing. The protagonist Bud White (Russell Crowe) is a tough cop and at the same time he has a vulnerable heart. In this movie, there are lots of violences, bloodsheds, murders, corruptions, blackmoney and ofcourse the "noir attraction"- the gorgeous and double-face femmefatale. Lynn Bracken (Kim Basinger) is a highclass hooker. She is not exactly a wicked woman, like a regular noir femmefatale. As the matter of fact, she has true love for the protagonist. There are lots of surprising facts in the movie, that held my interest towards the story all along, till the end. There are some matches and some mismatches things compare to a typical noir story and that is the most interesting thing about the movie. Some parts of it is so unpredictable, that give the viewers a startling feeling. For me, it is a great noir collection!
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ReplyDeleteA good choice for this project; however, be sure to alphabetize your sources on the works cited list. It also seems that you could use some additional sources that focus on the film you have selected.