Let’s look at both frames. Nightcrawler is arguably the most important film about local news since Network . But where Network was satire, Nightcrawler is documentary horror.
If you have the ability to watch Nightcrawler on two screens simultaneously—one with audio, one without—try it for the final 20 minutes. Watch Lou’s face on one, the crime scene on the other. You will never see the film the same way again. Nightcrawler -2014- Dual 1080p
There is a specific moment in Dan Gilroy’s 2014 masterpiece Nightcrawler where the city of Los Angeles stops looking like a metropolis and starts looking like a carcass. The camera—Lou Bloom’s camera—lingers on a flipped car, its wheels still spinning against a starless sky. The image is crisp, saturated, and horrifyingly beautiful. Let’s look at both frames
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