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morey garelick
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I like Ellroy a lot, have read most of his stuff. I haven&;t seen Black Dahlia; I think I just had a bad feeling about it. (I also haven&;t seen Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, another book I liked a lot.)
L.A. Confidential, the movie, encompasses not only the book of that name but also elements of the rest of the L.A. Quartet -- Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz. I&;ve heard that Ellroy&;s editor told him that the first draft of White Jazz was way too long, so he took out all the verbs.
I&;d like to see a really good director take a shot at The Cold Six Thousand, and here&;s my radical idea about how to do it: make a movie about those characters, doing those low-down deeds, but take out all of the "true history" elements. I think the three major characters, and many supporting roles, could carry a story even if it isn&;t about assassinating the Kennedys and MLK.
I like Ellroy a lot, have read most of his stuff. I haven&;t seen Black Dahlia; I think I just had a bad feeling about it. (I also haven&;t seen Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, another book I liked a lot.)
L.A. Confidential, the movie, encompasses not only the book of that name but also elements of the rest of the L.A. Quartet &; Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz. I&;ve heard that Ellroy&;s editor told him that the first draft of White Jazz was way too long, so he took out all the verbs.
I&;d like to see a really good director take a shot at The Cold Six Thousand, and here&;s my radical idea about how to do it: make a movie about those characters, doing those low-down deeds, but take out all of the &;true history&; elements. I think the three major characters, and many supporting roles, could carry a story even if it isn&;t about assassinating the Kennedys and MLK.
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