Friday, October 14, 2022
Nightcrawler
- Commentary: In high school and college I was a journalist for a couple of local commericial papers on the island on which I lived. I covered it all: news, sports, the arts, opinion, often bylined. I even had my own column, for awhile. I was not the kind of injure-the-dragon-for-ratings journalist played, in this movie, by Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, but I knew some and, truth be told, in one of my opinion columns I attempted to rouse the rabble a bit on a local issue involving separation of economic classes and construction. I was successful. The issue became the center of a heated debate and resolved itself by favoring inclusion over separation. It's interesting to note, here, that, in the last couple of decades, the issue has resolved itself, again, in favor of separation. A rabble rouser's work is never done. And, yes, of course I still keep up with news and issues about the place where I was raised. Don't you?
Anyway, yes, I am considering this post "under construction". Before I write any more about this movie and its issues, I want to watch it again. I won't be able to do that until tomorrow. In the meantime, here's an interesting article from RogerEbert.com containing interviews with the two stars of this movie. It was, in fact, these interviews which reminded me of the film and revived my interest in it.
Stay tuned.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jake Gyllenhaal Louis Bloom Rene Russo Nina Romina Riz Ahmed Rick Bill Paxton Joe Loder Kevin Rahm Frank Cruze Michael Hyatt Detective Frontieri Ann Cusack Linda Carolyn Gilroy Jenny
There are, by the way, several IRL journalists who appear as themselves in this movie.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2014
Directed by Dan Gilroy.
Labels: dramaF, jake-gyllenhaal, journalism, neo-noirA, satire3, thriller3
