The Missing Link?

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2005)

First came Chandler. Then the films based on his novels. Then this. And then it took a long time to get to LA Confidential, Collateral, The Big Lebowsky, Mulholland Drive. And Mike Davis. This film is a milestone in the evolution of the legend of L.A.--probably the only US city that can compete with NYC in celebrity all around the world. And L.A. is a mirror of the US, just like NYC.
Definitely one of the movies that have build our subconscious. Wim Wenders once said "The Americans have colonized our subconscious". Well, this film probably did so: but it was a positive form of colonization. The only one, perhaps.