Amazing storytelling: tense, dark, real - you will not want to miss any second.

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2020)

Nightcrawler is an experience... I was hooked and intrigued every second of this film! (which does not happen often - this usually isn't my genre, but this film is just SUBLIME in storytelling!)
The writing and direction is brilliant. There is a clear vision of how to portray LA and the sleek, brooding and dark tone that plays out perfectly the big screen. The acting is phenomenal - Gyllenhaal gives a performance... on point. I didn't know these tones he brought out from him... they fit so well with the character.
Nightcrawler takes you on this journey through the grimy streets of LA, through the corrupt minds of media moguls, and everything is told through the eyes of Louis Bloom.
The movie has a clear message on the media and how they abuse stories and reap the benefits regardless of who gets victimized. Nightcrawler throws you right into the gritty streets along with a hustling thief, Lou and watch his transformation from being a sleazy but ambitious individual to becoming a manipulative, self-serving sociopath. Then you start to realize that he was like that all along. His charming charisma masked his true intentions, and this peek into his psyche is the most potent and disturbing aspect of the movie. It's a character study that encompasses an entire lifestyle... multilayered, deep, true.
The cinematography and editing was for me on point as well, fast and slow cuts, amazing variety in pace and tone. We stay ALWAYS glued to the mind and realm of Lou, we get sucked into his life at night (only in the beginning and end we see him by daylight, did you notice?). This is SUBLIME storytelling.
Nightcrawler a work of art: directing (storytelling), writing, acting... and basic human nature. It really does a hell of a job at sucking you into this dark gloomy world... It's thrilling, it's powerful, and most of all, it feels like it's real. It is INTENSE.