L.A. Confidential: a story driven by character 

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I really like the shot in 14:04. One of those little gems that almost slip by unnoticed. Ed Exley is sitting in front row. The chair next to him is empty, even though the room is absolutely packed. Everybody prefers standing through the whole meeting to sitting next to the teachers pet Exley. It's absolutely beautiful, also because it says so much about the working atmosphere in that precinct. It is a stuffy environment with cheap furniture and unmotivated police officers who behave like school boys - light years away from that glitzy "Badge of Honor" image.

Nice work - I think another point to make would be they way the antagonist’s main trick is to skilfully keep the three men apart and/or in conflict with each other - the good guys can only win once they start working together

I am going to have to rewatch "L.A. Confidential", the depth of it obviously did not strike me the first time around.

Nobody mentions how Captain Dudley Smith kind of acts like an evil father figure to all three men.

I slept on this movie for too long, just watched it this evening. F'n brilliant writing, acting, screenplay etc etc. I need to watch again. It's one of those you really need to pay attention to but has you glued to the screen.

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My favorite movie of all time. I watch it every year without fail.

I do not get the haters of this movie. It is a record of a golden era of LA while exposing the whole corruption of the city. It is about people who do great things while having personal agendas. You know like all the people we see today too.

Drives me crazy when I see great analysis channels like this struggling to get views. I don't know if the algorithm is just luck sometimes or it's your thumbnail game, but your content is outstanding.

Regarding Exley's physical motif, the eye glasses, there is also a neat little shot when we see his photo in the newspapers and his eye glasses have obviously been doctored out off the photo.

Not sure if this movie made me play LA Noire or LA Noire made me watch this movie. Love them both

Great analysis. Would have been nice to have a section on character flaws/internal conflict.

It's possible that Exley was just using the barrel of the shotgun to keep the elevator doors from closing, and so the shotgun went off accidentally. If so, then it could be a shock to him that it led to his acceptance as "shotgun ed" amongst a group who thought he was too weak to help them. Later, Dudley's advice to hold out his badge to be recognized as a policeman made Exley think that for all his political moves, he doesn't want to be a part of this group. So he decides to let them use him while he uses them to rise above them all (or earn a golden handshake later down the road), eclypsing his father's position (who doesn't want to better their father?). Exley's glasses? Probably a reference to being able to see what is really going on. He has the glasses for the motel shoot out because things are no longer blurry.

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A telling bit of character explication through visuals occurs early in the film. Ed Exley takes the night watch and is alone in the detective bureau, with his textbooks. He glances at his watch and then across the room to a clock and notices a few minutes' difference. He gets up and crosses the room to adjust the clock. At that moment he catches the squeal on the Nite Owl massacre. It says reams about who Ed Exley is and what makes him tick. First, that it bothers him that his watch and the clock don't agree. Second, he doesn't bother to call time & temperature because he knows that it is his watch that is right.

It’s good to see you back

Great video

Omg god he's back!

It’s really great that you’re back! Excellent essay! And a fantastic movie, just rewatched it recently and it still holds really well!

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The king has returned!

Good analysis bro

HE HATH RETURNED

What are my eyes seeing? It's back!

Nailed it with this video. I really feel its a perfect 10/10 film

You are the best in breaking down in movies of all remaining channels

Terrific to see you posting ~ and with such a great film. Listening to this twice. Thanks for...food for thought. Peace, everyone.

DUDE THANK YOU I’VE BEEN AWAITING YOUR RETURN FOR AGES!!!!!

Hope you get more views and continue doing what you do best

He's back

Superb work mate. Learnt so much from the video

Very interesting content.

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Bro, you’re back ! ❤🎉

Great video!

I was going to watch (again) your videos about the godfather when i saw that you just had posted a new video, thank you very much sir Cheers from Brazil

👏🏼Good one. Now do True Romance. 🎬

Hi Daniel, why are your videos on The Lives of Others, and Memories of Murder now only on patreon?

The last great noire film of the 1900s. It starts with Jack, who sees the world as a crooked joke. He sees the world as Grey and couldn't give a shit about it. Then we come to Edmund, who sees the world a point blank, black and white, but walks between worlds. Come to Bud, who walks straight and only sees red, but he's literally Bud White, the hero of story. Every story needs a hero. Find a tall man looking down at a tall man. Edmund doesn't fire blindly. He finally sees the world he's in.

holy shit hes back

good vid

Please do more videos

Will you please do a vedio on only one book that is necessary for screenwriting

I've got the movie on bluray, had it for years before finding out there's a Pilot episode for the failed TV show on there and I've still not got around to watching it 😂😂

Since you asked. The Clock/Watch scene, Edmund can't see clock on wall. He approached the clock and changes its time to match his watch Message: he knows more than the police deot,,

Just discovered you had another channel, the script lab right ?

Only now do I realize why officer White started to partake in the violence after his mother was insulted.

3:50 A-Z

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Very interesting content.