num_pages: 96
description: Manohla Dargis explores the careers of director Curtis Hanson and writer James Ellroy, based on interviews with both men, to dig deep into the film's obsession with the twinned, equally troubled histories of the Hollywood studio system and the city of Los Angeles.
language: English
title: L.A. Confidential
titlecomplete: L.A. Confidential (BFI Film Classics)
genres: Film, Media Tie In, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 63
series: BFI Film Classics
publisher: British Film Institute