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Overview

Manohla Dargis explores the careers of director Curtis Hanson and writer James Ellroy, based on interviews with both men, to dig deep into the film's obsession with the twinned, equally troubled histories of the Hollywood studio system and the city of Los Angeles.

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Overview

Manohla Dargis explores the careers of director Curtis Hanson and writer James Ellroy, based on interviews with both men, to dig deep into the film's obsession with the twinned, equally troubled histories of the Hollywood studio system and the city of Los Angeles.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780851709444
  • Publisher: BFI Publishing
  • Publication date: 5/1/2003
  • Pages: 96
  • Series: BFI Film Classics Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.42 (w) x 7.52 (h) x 0.28 (d)

Meet the Author

Manohla Dargis is a film critic for The L.A. Weekly, where she was Film Editor for seven years, and has written for a variety of other publications, including Film Comment, The New York Times and Sight and Sound.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6
Introduction: A Bright, Guilty City 7
1 Watching the Detectives 10
2 Red Harvest 37
3 Whatever You Desire 57
4 Men at War 67
Epilogue 83
Notes 85
Credits 88
Bibliography 94

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