"L.A. Confidential" (1997) Kritik
"Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty, and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows... you could even be discovered, become a movie star... or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth. Ha ha ha ha. That's what they tell you, anyway." Lügen, Korruption und Polizeigewalt. Schon seit Ewigkeiten ein ebenso heikles, wie auch von der Academy ungern gesehenes Thema. 'L.A. Confidential' ist nicht der erste Vertreter, der sich mit dieser Thematik auseinandersetzte. Bereits Filme wie Sidneys Lumets 'Serpico' (Al Pacino), Brian De Palmas 'The...
