This video, analyzing the screenwriting in L.A. Confidential, goes deep into character:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Theme
02:37 Character Arcs
07:49 Motifs
09:44 Character Desire
11:54 Character Ghost
13:51 Character Orchestration
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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.
Nobody mentions how Captain Dudley Smith kind of acts like an evil father figure to all three men.
Great insight!
I am going to have to rewatch "L.A. Confidential", the depth of it obviously did not strike me the first time around.
Tbh, when it came out, I was just in it to be entertained. In its way, I like it better than 'Chinatown'... and I appreciate it a lot more after seeing this 16 minute video. Go figure. ☺️
I agree, I remember liking it when I saw it in the theater, but didn't understand the depth of it until really getting into it.
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
Great point. It's interesting that you never see the three main characters get to work together.
@@ScriptSleuthnot as a trio however Edmund and Jack do start out together until Jack is taken out and then he teams up with Bud to break the rest of the case - it’s more of a combined effort - I would say this and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly are my favourite three man structures - I hoped The Dark Knight would be the same with Bats, Harvey and the Joker - sadly the balance of that triad didn’t come together in act three as effectively as I hoped 😮
@@SurinderismCinema Agreed! It had a lot more potential that could have been delivered on.
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.
It really is so well done! Glad you enjoyed the experience.
@@ScriptSleuthdid you know that this movie is actually based on true events?
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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.
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
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I honestly don't know! I feel like my thumbnails are good. Ah, who the hell knows... But thank you for the kind words!!
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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.
Great analysis. Would have been nice to have a section on character flaws/internal conflict.
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.
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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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Nailed it with this video. I really feel its a perfect 10/10 film
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Terrific to see you posting ~ and with such a great film. Listening to this twice. Thanks for...food for thought. Peace, everyone.
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Superb work mate. Learnt so much from the video
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Very interesting content.
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,,
The Officers had changed the time to leave early. He notes the correct time on his watch and corrects the clock.
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.
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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 😂😂
Will you please do a vedio on only one book that is necessary for screenwriting
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@@ScriptSleuth Yeah, I knew the voice was familiar. You have a special ability of noticing details. I noticed some of those details after rewatching the film, but others (some of the ones you mentioned) , they went over my head. How do you analyse movies ? do you rewatch them over and over again ? how do you pick up on these details ?
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Only now do I realize why officer White started to partake in the violence after his mother was insulted.
I mean, it might have been a reach, who knows 🙂
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Very interesting content.