greatest film noir of all time

Rating: 10/10 (11 August 2002)

With the exception of Touch Of Evil, Chinatown and The Maltese Falcon, L.A. Confidential is the greatest film noir of all time. Every aspect of the production is seamless. The pacing is very much in the style of a Martin Scorsese film, endless series of montages perfectly edited to pop music. All the performances are excellent, and Curtis Hanson delivers his finest directorial effort. Hanson and Brian Helgeland's oscar-winning screenplay is based on James Ellroy's novel (which they toned down a lot, I believe)