One of the strongest feature films in history

Cale 2022-03-15 09:01:01

Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe have a rare collaboration. In the following years, the two won the Oscar for Best Actor Award, giving this film a stronger reason to be concerned.
Kevin Spacey was named the first starring role, but there were not many scenes. It was a bit strange. I felt that the director had some promotion of Russell. At that time, Russell, an Australian tough guy, was not as well-known in Hollywood as it is now.
Both are my favorite male movie stars, but there are almost no scenes of their face-to-face scenes. Apart from Kevin reminding Russell at the police station to watch his friends so as not to impulsively cause trouble, there is no second scene of direct confrontation. It is a pity.
The setting of the plot does not say that, with two Oscars and two Golden Globe Awards, the screenwriter's strength is obvious to all.

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L.A. Confidential quotes

  • [Stocking a box with liquor for the police's Christmas party]

    Liquor Store Owner: If I ever get held up, you guys better be here.

  • Ray Pinker: Bud White - what brings *you* to the basement?

    Bud White: I got a couple Nite Owl questions.

    Ray Pinker: I don't know if you'd read the papers, but that case is closed.

    Bud White: Is there anything bothering you about it, Ray?

    Ray Pinker: Yeah, the fact that the pack-up boys haven't carted this shit out of here yet.

    [Bud sees all the boxes of case files, and starts to look through the crime scene photos]

    Ray Pinker: I got three shotguns, taken from the suspects, that match the strike marks on the shells from the Nite Owl. What more do you want?

    Bud White: [suddenly spotting a detail in a photo] There's blood on the wall here. I thought everybody but the cook got shot in the men's room?

    Ray Pinker: That is Stensland's blood.

    Bud White: Stensland?

    Ray Pinker: He took a blow to the head. Was probably unconscious when they dragged him in the john.

    Bud White: Did they hit anybody else?

    Ray Pinker: No. But he was a cop, he probably tried to "do something."

    Bud White: [remembering that Stensland said he had a date that night, he studies a photo showing a table with two settings, including a coffee mug smudged with lipstick] Grilled cheese, black coffee... two of the victims were women, right?

    Ray Pinker: Yeah - Patti DeLuca, the night-shift waitress, and a Susan Lefferts.

    Bud White: Susan Lefferts...

    Ray Pinker: Yeah, what about her?

    [Bud runs out of the room]

    Ray Pinker: You're welcome!