"LA Confidential" A masterpiece film noir that achieved a high level of entertainment and art.

American pathology that still applies today

But the story didn't end there. The real culprit in the case that was thought to have been solved turns out to be different. Bud realizes this intuitively, and Ed also learns of this through a new testimony from a victim. The three detectives begin investigating the case again... However, the truth they pursue is far more horrifying than they could have imagined. This terrible development is the reason why the original author, James Ellroy, is called "Mad Dog."

The first black boys to be arrested in this film are portrayed as suspects because they were in a nearby park at the time of the incident. This is very similar to the 1989 sexual assault case in New York's Central Park, in which black boys who were nearby were arrested and convicted after relentless questioning by detectives. There is. This actual incident is detailed in the limited TV series `` The Eyes That See Us '' (19).

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The situation in which black citizens are first suspected of a crime and subjected to harsh interrogations and treatment that violates their human rights is not only true in the era in which the story is set, but also in the 1990s, when the original work was released, and up to the present day. It continues and continues. In the movie, it is true that the information obtained from the boys becomes a clue to solving a certain heinous case, but it ends up covering up the existence of the real culprit of the Night Owl incident.

This point of view exists in this work because the original novel was created in the 1990s, when there was an active trend of black people portraying issues of discrimination against black people in movies, such as Spike Lee and John Singleton. The fact that it was announced and the film was filmed is probably a big part of it.

What this film truly depicts is the hidden side of Los Angeles in the 1950s, the "city of dreams." Racism and sexism exist, but the damage caused by them often goes unnoticed and disappears into the shadows. There are indigenous women who give false testimony due to circumstances, a young man who aspires to be an actor who serves as a sexual outlet for a powerful man, and actresses whose eggs undergo plastic surgery to become prostitutes who look like famous actresses. , people with dreams and the weak are overrun and preyed upon by evil people.

Deeper depth with the actors' realistic performances