Nightcrawler

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Nightcrawler exists within the realm of self-reflexive media commentary, following a protagonist who climbs up the ladder of TV news, yet Dan Gilroy’s feature debut works not on the basis of any incisive skewering of media broadcasting or consumption, but rather as a piece of grimy pulp fiction; it’s a tale of a person harnessing their misanthropy for monetary gain. There’s some shallow level attacks on local news and the importance of broadcasts and bloodlust running hand-in-hand, yet the he...

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Published on December 03, 2014 22:51
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