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"L.A. Confidential"
Manohla Dargis
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Description for "L.A. Confidential"
Paperback. "LA Confidential" was released in 1997 to huge critical acclaim. It went on to be nominated for nine Academy Awards and is considered a key Hollywood movie of the 1990s. This book digs into the film's obsession with the twinned, equally troubled histories of the Hollywood studio system and the city of Los Angeles. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
L.A. Confidential was released in 1997 to huge critical acclaim and it went on to be nominated for nine Academy Awards. Its reputation has since grown to the point that the film is now widely seen as a key Hollywood movie of the 1990s. But it fared poorly at the box-office, having neither big-name stars nor the sop of a comforting moral universe. With characters so bad they were irresistible, the film harked back to an older, darker Hollywood at a time when audiences would soon be flocking to "Titanic". Directed by Curtis Hanson from the best-selling novel by James ... Read more
L.A. Confidential was released in 1997 to huge critical acclaim and it went on to be nominated for nine Academy Awards. Its reputation has since grown to the point that the film is now widely seen as a key Hollywood movie of the 1990s. But it fared poorly at the box-office, having neither big-name stars nor the sop of a comforting moral universe. With characters so bad they were irresistible, the film harked back to an older, darker Hollywood at a time when audiences would soon be flocking to "Titanic". Directed by Curtis Hanson from the best-selling novel by James ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Film Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851709444
SKU
V9780851709444
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About Manohla Dargis
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.
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