Analyzing Evil: Lou Bloom From Nightcrawler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- Welcome everyone to the thirty-second episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature villain for this video is Lou Bloom from Nightcrawler. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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"An alien who learnt to be human by watching corporate training videos", Wow, excellent writing!
That is the best line from this vid
Lou Bloom would fit like a glove right into the world of Alien/Aliens...as an android weirdly.
How I feel about many people LOL
Learnt? Have you been gettin learnt with Ricky again?
And after that line Marc Zuccerberg came into my mind.
His last line stuck with me, its when he's talking to his new crew at the end.
"Remember, I will never ask you to do something that I wouldn't do myself"
Same here. The implications of that line. The sky, or the sewer, is the limit
I was thinking throughout his experience with Rick that he treats Rick as an extension of himself, like he's a personal clone.
@Dirty Magic11 I absolutely agree that feeling like a tool or a truck is like an extension of your body is a good thing, but it's different when it's a sentient human being.
@Mysterio How he's not lying, the worst thing he's done in the movie was literally staging a shootout between the cops and the criminals throughout that part of town thar ended killing like atleast Ten people and his partner who he caught footage of him dying in front of him.
@@kevinvelado9907 Lou would never put himself in harms way unless necessary for his cause. He uses it as manipulation for his workers making them feel comfort in the risks of the job.
"I would never ask you to do anything, I wouldn´t do myself."
-Lou Bloom
At first it sounds like very generous, upliftiing words coming from your boss, until you realize he is a psychopath.
But didn’t he just ask Rick to do something he wouldn’t do? Getting out of the car during the shootout for the second angle
@@Octofingers777 True, I assumed he lied to get a money shot.
@@Octofingers777 He lied to have him killed. Everything else he told Rick to do he would do himself
@@danielngwu he didn't lie imho. He asked to his collegue to record the criminal in the car, his collegue dies, however Lou wasn't lying bc he recorded the criminal too.....with complete disregard for his own life, the criminal had the chance to kill Lou too, he looked into Lous eyes but refused to kill him bc he recognized Lou as an empty shell completely soulless that wasn't worth of his bullets.
@@Octofingers777 Lou recorded the criminal too in the final scene, and the criminal had the possibility to kill Lou, even pointed his gun at him, Lou didn't run away didn't move a muscle, continued to record with his empty eyes.....it's way the criminal spared Lou, he has understood Lou is an "undead" of a human being with no true soul and wasn't worth of his bullets
Imagine being friends with Jake Gyllenhaal in real life. You'll just never know if he's a genuine fun guy to be around or the biggest sociopath alive who has mastered human interaction. This man can act.
Sometimes I think it's the later.he is not sociopath but just a happy introvert person.
Same can be said about Matt Damon
@@Jinars. maaaaattt daaaamon
@@A_r78 🤣
Being a sociopath doesn’t make you a bad person
Lou is what Patrick Bateman wouldve been had he not been born into wealth and been inundated with the ongoings of the corporate world.
i feel like you’re somewhat right because Lou is way more composed because he has more to lose, if he kills someone he doesn’t have daddy’s money to get him out of trouble. we only see him kill the security guard because he needed to
well said, reverbations of bateman were definitely felt but the movie stands on its own as well
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Not really Batemans charackter is that He is lazy He never works for anything he never shown drive
@@LennartBiesel that laziness is representative of the work culture of corporate America in the 80s or 90s Bateman was raised around, never having to work a hard day in his life (except for maybe the day he killed Paul Allen). Meanwhile Lou is hustling like a Romanian, pawning off copper wire bc he doesn’t a cent to his name. If those two switched environments, the type of people they would turn into would also change.
My favorite part of this film is how Lou's eyes are constantly staring, not looking, but staring. Everytime he blinks is like he's trying to convince the audience that he's normal/human
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A common theme with anxiety.
@@a-sheepof-christ9027 Anxiety definitely keeps you from staring at people lol
@@Chronorust speak for yourself.
@@periwinkle2486 that’s a very common symptom lmao
He does the sociopathic stare, very well. The eyes are just slightly wider than normal. As if the sociopath is trying to absorb as much information, about the person they're studying, as possible
Huh, sounds exactly like my last boss. His eyes are WIDE open all day long and he rages like a total psycho at the mildest inconveniences. I quit right after he threatened to push me off a ladder and beat my ass because I hurt his pathetically fragile ego.
@@kaj7135 smart move, I'd gfto of that situation too
Once I was dating a guy, and a friend of mine wanted to see his pic. So I open his fb and she says"ono!! His sclera are showing!" And she explained how its a common trait of serial killers , and that schlera is the white of the eyes above/beneath the pupils. And I don't know about serial killing, but he turned out to be a really angry guy and things did not end well.
@@carolsimpson4422 Yes, this happens even with narcissists; I call it "crazy eyes". There's a clip where a female judge is on trial and she collapses, like a little kid throwing a tantrum and has to be dragged out of the courtroom. It was a viral video, but if you watch the video while she's listening to the judge, you can see she has the very same crazy looking eyes that we're talking about.
That's a good friend you have looking out for you, I highly recommend avoiding narcissistic people at all costs.
And P.s. Serial killer Aileen Wuornos had this same look in her eyes and she's batshit crazy
@@slippyhere he was recording people dying, just to get the best shots instead of trying to help them. If I remember right his partner was dying and all he cared about was getting his shot, this character is a total sociopath
What a wholesome ambitious young man.
Surely, he can’t be a psychopath with people issues
I see someone that's willing to die for his goals..........
He seems like the kind of guy who _totally_ wouldn’t get his partner in business shot and killed. 🤫
@@TimohaNorveg he understands people he just doesn't like them I can relate
Inspiring
I like how he's clearly a fucked up guy but the movie treats the whole thing like a success story
@@ThePaulP people like Trotzky and Stalin were Capitalists?
I trust him more than any other journalist in mainstream news
@@ringkunmori "journalist"...seems too polite to even call those that....even i cringe to read the word
@@ringkunmori I think you missed the message of the movie dude 😂
@@DefinitelyNotEmma Yes lol, the ussr was a state capitalist empire that gave a different name to the bourgeoisie, the ussr doesn’t even stand up to the basic tenets of communism put forward by the communist manifesto, the introductory book marx wrote for ignorant liberals. Lenin never wanted stalin to take power, and Stalin had Trotsky exiled and killed for opposing him. Trotsky himself had anarchists and socialists in ukraine executed for opposing the bolsheviks. The ussr fell prey to the same imperialist capitalist drives and corruption that today’s china has. It’s nonsense to bring this up during a conversation about the cons of capitalism, you’re just trying to obfuscate the issues we have to deal with today.
One of the things I love about this movie is that the sociopathic villain wins in the end. It's what happens in real life, unfortunately
Good people does wins in real life so does bad people. All we can do is keep being good and avoid bad people likes Lou.
@@frog6054 The fact remains that sociopaths are more likely than good people to rise in our society and take control in many cases. Just look at who our last President was
@@gregbors8364
That's true but who cares about being at the top of society. If doing some vile acts that only sociopath or psychopath people capable to do is more likely to be "success" in society points of view then doesn't that's mean it not worth it at all?
@@gregbors8364 Oh please, fucking politics.
@@nugget7865 “Don’t disparage my Dear Leader Trump”
He doesn't "smooth talk" his way out of the fence stealing. He is later wearing the security guards watch. So he either assaulted or murdered him
im 90% sure theres a scene where when confronted he beats the guard to death and takes his watch
Never seen,just implied
@@mrwulf100 really? maybe in the directors cut?
@@mrwulf100 nah he beats him up. There’s a scene
@@rp4712 nope
I watched this whole movie going in blind with my girlfriend a few years ago and i was SO confused at the end trying to figure out how he got his Nightcrawler powers and how this tied into the x men universe 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@@greenclawclip this racist.
@@genesisbustamante-durian sir how? 😂
@@greenclawclip You can't say that evil word, it is prohibited by TH-cam Law.
@@genesisbustamante-durian I’m black tho 😐
@@genesisbustamante-durian L bozo
One thing I noticed too is that when he first introduces himself to Rick, he calls himself Louis and is sure to correct Rick when he calls him "Lou". As the film goes on, he starts to call and introduce himself as Lou as he learns it is more personable when interacting with people to use the more informal version of his name. Maybe I'm overthinking it though.
Nah, that's a great point.
Interesting little detail. I don't remember that, been some years since I watched it. I love those small things that the actor had to really pay close attention to even if/so that most of us won't have noticed, yet little by little these details make a character so real.
Good movies are fun to rewatch and overthink. It's like a game or puzzle. The Prestige by Nolan is my favorite for that. Good point BTW.
Great observation
He said Lou once before meeting Rick. I think it’s his way of manipulating people. By seeming friendly and open to people more powerful than him, he makes them trust him more. By seeming strict and in charge with Rick, it makes him less likely to try anything
Lou seems like a nice young man
That's what Lou would want us to think
Nice young man with a great future ahead of him :^)
He would be a great politician, by today's abysmal standards.
Well Ted Bundy also did
I raised him well
Lou’s first line of dialogue,
“I’m lost”. Tells us everything we need to know with two words.
Same tho 😞
3 words
can you explain how that tells us everything we need to know about him?
Lou seems like he's pretty sure of who and where he is and wants to be.
@@shgds That is Lou on the surface level, like a stray dog responding to his urban environment. He is lost in the abstract sense. He has no accomplishments, history, friends, or family.
We are introduced to Lou as a petty thief hiding in the shadows in the opening scene. Shortly after, he gravitates to the first thing he sees on road by chance and morphs into a cutthroat stringer for profit.
Lou is a sociopathic shadow mimicking humans in a post-industrial society that couldn't care less if he died.
"Unperson" is such a good way to describe him. As the film goes on we slowly get to see and learn exactly how empty he is, and that there is nothing inside of him. Initially it seems like he was maybe just an awkward, misguided guy but we learn that he's actually a dangerously unstable and deadly precise machine more than a person.
He kills/maims a person in like the first 10 minutes of the movie. But I think that adds to it. You almost forget the person he is at times before remembering, "Oh yeah, this guy is a monster".
I think it's crazy how much I relate to sociopaths/psychopath as a autistic person with substance abuse issues.
@@yellowandbrown1864but the truth is that he isn’t a monster, monsters don’t exist. He is human, and people like him exist in real life.
@@Skoopyghost are you okay? :( i’m a girl with bipolar and aspergers, unfortunately my general misunderstanding of social cues and my anxious attachment style are perceived by most as psychopathic. i try my best to be accepted but end up antagonised..
@@user-pe7sn6cd7d Drugs or alcohol, or both go in me, and I start to relate to sociopaths. I am normal otherwise. I am good.
The fact that Lou finds true success in his profession is easily the most unnerving part about this whole film.
And yet it's probably the most truthful
That’s how capitalism works bro
@@Trxpamvs lmao
@Greg Elchert I agree.. I from Denmark a so called socialist society “ which just means we got more social programs and politics but still have capitalism and such “ but anyway yes he would fit quite in no matter the society because he does that one thing society wants.. given the goods and wealth to the society if it’s money, knowledge or power doesn’t matter because he give it to them..or something like that
@Greg Elchert yeah with just look at someone like Talleyrand who survived the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars because he was perfectly willing to fuck over anyone and everyone if it meant he ascended.
Nightcrawler is a modern day masterpiece. Not a day goes by without me wondering why Jake was snubbed for this masterful performance. Truly gifted and hardworking actor.
Doesn't matter in long run, it will be remembered as a classic in 30 years time like we do Taxi Driver
not just hardworking, he sets high goals and Ive also been told that he is quite persistent
The subject matter, the movie is a massive critque of the business the academy is very much a part of.
Yea jake is underrated
@@unclepetesbootlegcinema9528 i see what you did there
Something i noticed about Louis, or “Lou”, is even though he lacks social skills, he understands negotiating and bargaining proving how narcissistic he is and how he only believes in fending for himself.
you dont mean narcissism, but machiavellianism. in the movie he actually has a comically low degree of narcissism, not just for a psychopath but for normal people as well, never acting like he is entitled to anything and caring very little about other people approving of him. you can see in the movie that when he is trying to get something out of someone and they reject him, he will either immediately give up and focus his attention somewhere else, try to manipulate them with lies or fake charm, or use his power to bargain with them. this is completely the opposite of narcissism. he is like a computer, with no sense of identity and no cares in the world other than accomplishing an objective in the most logical way possible. "believing in fending for himself" just means he is egotistical. narcissists are egotistical, but being egotistical doesn't suggest you are narcissistic. it depends on how it manifests.
My favorite part of this film is when Lou looks straight into the camera breaking the 4th wall and says: "Yes it's me, I am the Nightcrawler"
And he said "Its night crawling time"
Those memes are nothing but horsecrap.
@@ludonymous526 your mom
and then he nightcrawls all over the bad guys
@@rlc8708 You're brainless. These memes are just awful.
Jake´s eyes are a big part of his acting, more so than his complete aprearance. Here in Nightcrawler and in Prisoners, his eyes alone tell a deep and oceans apart diferent history from each role.
Thank goodness I was not the only one that saw his eyes in Prisoners. His acting through them are piercing.
@@missymartinez9923 Belive me I only noticed because I saw Prisoners like a million times. Is a suddle but powerful thing he does.
@@oscarmaidana9294 *subtle.
Yes! I think back even to Donnie darko, he plays that tragic ill person so well and his eyes just help draw you in and make you believe it.
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Lou’s “mask slip” in front of the mirror is genuinely one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen in film. I don’t really feel the need to elaborate.
Wait you mean the scene where he broke the mirror?
@@JoseGonzalez-pv5ox exactly. It’s the only scene in the movie we see him be perfectly vulnerable. He lets his mask of composure slip.
@@Violetcas97 ooooh I see what you mean, and it’s a great point. He was so stone cold the whole movie, I had to look up an analysis because I needed assurance I wasn’t the only one creeped out by him lol
He actually cut his hand pretty badly in that scene.
@@stellarwind1946 I believe it, he SLAMS that sonufabitch
Jake Gyllenhaal’s Oscar snub was absolutely criminal. His performance here is easily among the best in cinematic history.
Agree 💯
100%
Absolutely agree❤
I still am in shock from his souless, inhuman actions towards the guy he was working with for all that time. The dead, unreactive gaze from him as he films the last moments of the man who he has intentionally ushered unto Death, with such a lack of care about what he has done, only focused on the footage and the job...truly disturbing to watch. That scene caught me off guard so much. That was the moment I realised that Lou is not even really human. He is just the manifestation of desire and will, of a human predator, living only to further his own purpose, with zero regard for anyone other than himself. Your analysis is spot on pretty much.
That scene scare me too
He's actually exactly what a psychopath is, not a sociopath who can care about others and will ONLY lash out in emotional angst or at ppl similar to those that he hates, but an actual psychopath (born without conscience and no empathy towards others). You could be dealing with a sociopath and recognize that erratic behavior ONLY if he's triggered by something. You would ONLY notice something off about a psychopath by he completely fake veneer and that's ONLY if you're good at discerning real from fake motherf*ckers...most ppl would be fooled😒💯🧔🏾♂️
Unfortunately he is a human, being human doesn't always neccesearily mean having emotions and empathy, as a lot of humans in this world lack that
@@adamH.1 Yeah, Lou and people like him are still human, just a very different type of human.
The scene where Rick was shot was truly shocking, nevermind the images of corpses or the ones with the dying man at the triple homicide locatiom which he excluded from the tape. Also, hiding information from the police and further increasing the risk of more people dying.
It's almost as if he's been alone most of his life, watched tons of content on the internet, observed/developed an idea on how people interact, and this movie is him starting to employ those ideas.
The most accurate comment I've read
Me too, kid.
😳
Basically morons on twitter think their internet personas are like how people in real life do things
@@koyichan7829 I couldn’t agree more. Or act out their social media persona in real life. I knew someone who I was close to become the content they posted and it was literally like being around a completely different person. To say the least that alienated her from many of her friends.
This is one of Jake's best movies just for his acting alone. Legitimately lost myself in Lou Bloom and forgot it was an actor as I watched the movie
SAME!
I will never forget his sister openly talking about how she didn’t even recognize him as her brother and she could not believe there was no awards buzz for the role. It’s not like he’s ever BAD in a movie but this was just exceptional.
I agree completely. It was one of the most fascinating performances I've ever seen by any actor in any film. I know Gyllenhaal did get recognition for the role, but nonetheless, I still think it was generally underappreciated. I think that, for example, Heath Ledger's performance in _The Dark Night_ was far less extraordinary than this.
@@maggiekarabel123 My friend said same thing, that he did not recognize Jake Gyllenhaal. Jake's acting is superb in my opinion. Also I heard that jake kept himself starving to get better into the role, dunno if that is true.
Agreed
At first I found the music selection for some gruesome scenes to be odd considering what other movies have used, but then I realized it was all from Lou’s perspective. It made me truly realize that he doesn’t think like or register things like a human.
Yeah i got really weirded out when they started playing fun rock music at the end of the movie. It just seemed so out of the place and wrong but your idea makes sense.
@@octaviawinter9768 it's not fun I'd say, the guitar part is kinda ethereal and a bit unsettling, which suits the mood
(hope we're talking about the same piece lol.... "if it bleeds it leads", right?)
The best thing about this character is that he is not the typical evil guy. He's not a murderous sociopath like in the horror movies. He doesn't really enjoy killing people. He doesn't doesn't that. That kind of people is so rare you wouldn't have to worry about them. He isn't even like a drug lord, so that you would meet him only if you are already involved with drugs. He's a normal reporter, you could have met them any day. If he's given a chance and a reason he would not think twice about killing you. You can only imagine how many people around you are like this. They could be everywhere, and you wouldn't know because they had no reason to show their true selves.
He seems to be the physical representation of the city he’s in, Los Angeles. Soulless, manipulating, evil, driven, learning, shifting, changing. Or I could have had too many of these things...
Too many vids
Jake Gyllenhaal reportedly based his character's appearance on a hungry coyote. By the way, if you take too many, they'll know. They'll all know.
I think he shows the beauty’s of capitalism
Nahhh, that doesn’t work for Nightcrawler the same way it worked for Taxi Driver
most of the characters in the film are living inauthentic lives, the newsreaders are the definition of empty suits for example.
"I’d like to think if you’re seeing me you’re having the worst day of your life"
-Lou Bloom
I laughed my ass off when he said that
When Rick "saw" Lou Bloom for the first time.
@@izzetonol2709 same lmao
when you lie so much you expose yourself as a joke to see if anyone trusts you
Lou Bloom from Nightcrawler and Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men are - in my opinion - creatures and embodiments of our deep human nature. Not humans, but a heterogeneous mass of what makes us humans. Our identity, our instincts, our best and worst aspects. The same way both characters kept tracking their goal - relentlessly - reminds me of a sandstorm. You can't stop it, you can't dodge it, and it will come back again and again.
sociopaths evolved to do the dirty tasks normal humans won't do
They're both INTP's!
Both these characters for me are the closest depiction of a real life Psychopath in movies ever.
Jesus, one of my fave youtube comments that ive read
Lou Bloom is straight from the uncanny valley, spot on describing his personality and behaviour as representative of someone trying to mimic being a human
I think we do get glimpses of the real Lou Bloom a few times:
When he screams and shatters the mirror (as noted)
Chastising Nina and complaining about her sexual performance
Telling Rick “ maybe the problem isn’t that I don’t understand people, it’s that I don’t like them.”
exactly, Lou was never sane or honest. He was always a demented psychopath. He just never found the right outlet to success. But in the scenes you mention the mask of sanity slips and we see what's under the surface
@@leftenantthunder *Sociopath. Anti personality disorder is a form of sociopathy, since we can still see anger within him, but psychopaths are devoid of emotion from birth, due to the undeveloped part of their brain responsible for those emotions. And despite popular belief, there's millions and millions of people with antisocial personality disorder, yet many of them are no where near as violent nor manipulative, just out of touch with social norms in general.
@@DamienGrey420 psychopaths do have emotions. They just don't have any genuine empathy, remorse or love. Though they do have lower levels of sadness, fear, anger and probably all emotions
You forgot the scene where he's ironing his clothes watching TV, turns around, stares blandly in the void for a few secs, then laughs. (Honestly one of the creepiest human behaviors I've ever seen)
@@DamienGrey420 you’re just making crap up. You have zero experience or understanding of this disorder. Do us all a favor and stop posting misleading comments.
This character is everything in the "sigma grindset" memes
I would like but the likes are 69🤣
@@foaarmedforces4175 i made it 70
@@FrostBiteArt Sigma confirmed.
I would like it but there are 496 likes :(
@Sabir Lucianno ... and? I don't see anything wrong with that.
It’s crazy how scary he is, even though he is not physically intimidating at all. He’s not big, he’s not a fighter, he doesn’t even carry guns yet i’d be more terrified of him than any other villain tbh. That’s what makes him so scary, he just lurks in the shadows and has zero remorse and empathy, he doesn’t need guns or force, he for some reason just always gets what he wants with luck in his favor.
Lou is basically what you get when a human grow up without any human interaction or meaningful relation.
Not necessarily. People will no social skills due to no or little are way more awkward to be around and or shy. Hes a socialpath and a great actor.
One thing I love about the movie is Lou's wardrobe. It starts off as this kind of take on the urban hipster look, with the man bun and collard shirts, but the color palette is so bland and the clothes are so Ill fitting.
His sunglasses are player af idgaf what anybody says 😂
@@Imactuallynighthawk
Now I can't argue with that. You win this round Timothy.
It's obvious it's just to fit in it's what's he's seen OTHERS wear and look like but the appearance itself has no meaning to him
@@devinthierault
Yeah it's like if an alien got dropped into a Seattle coffee shop, that's how he'd dress.
One of the most realistic psychopaths in cinema, along with Anton Chigurh.
Not Patrick Bateman?
Anton Chigurh son bought a video camera
@@burntgrahamcracker2866 I love Bateman but I don’t know if he’s realistic in terms of psychopathy. His exact mental state is purposefully ambiguous and unclear, at least that’s how I see it.
patrick bateman anton chigurh aand lou bloom id like to see that movie.
@@burntgrahamcracker2866 even Christian Bale in an interview says Bateman isnt someone who could actually exist
Would love to see/hear a conversation between Lou Bloom and Patrick Bateman at Dorsia.
Nobody goes there anymore
He can get reservations at Dorsia????
I’m sure they would be great friends
Patrick would write him off as a dork
I love how Jake Gylenthal keeps his eyes so wide open and barely blinkz throughout. Its like his head is a camera and he doesnt want to miss a single frame.
The human coyote. How Gyllenhaal didn't win an Oscar for this role is beyond me.
this was a very pleasant accident for me, I watch it on Netflix with no idea what it was about. Apparently this was an old movie.
2014
They'd never give a movie like this an Oscar. No matter how good JG acted, how good the writing is......shame
@@Kruppt808 yeah.but it Kinda changed when heath got oscar for Joker.I love heath's performance but never thought he would get oscar.cz academy doesn't acknowledge this type of acting. So,everyone was hoping cz Jake's performance was too realistic
@@ns1208 If we’re being honest, they only gave him that Oscar because he died. Same way Foo Fighters just won a Grammy because their drummer died.
@@MultiUnreal That's my opinion too.I also think Heath's performance is hyped up so much bcz of his death.the myth around it,my god! That he was into it he became Joker & couldn't bear it! Really? My fascination for his joker performance dialled down after knowing he was an addict at that time.glad his father spoke about prescription drug addiction.
What scared me personally about Lou is his seemingly unmotivated persistence to succeed at a seemingly random profession he chose to set his sights on. He's almost inhuman in how dead-set he is to make it in journalism. Any other protagonist in any other movie would have some sort of drive or emotional reason for going to such lengths that would at least elevate them to anti-hero status, but Lou is basically a force of pure will that attached itself to news production and set out to win no matter the cost.
The fact that if instead of stumbling onto a car crash he found a fast food restaurant with pretty good customer service he would've been a really successful CEO of a fast food chain instead of this is so fucking funny to me
@ant As someone ALSO with Autism, I see more sociopathy and anti-social tendencies. The only behavior I could see as possibly connected to Autism was him being up front in the restaurant
@@lobster6736 at that point he’s basically a white Gus Fring
So a better Gus fring
What's scary abou that? He just wants to be something rather than nothing. He chose journalism because it's one of the things he knows he can excel, it's the only thing he can be respected for.
His posture changes whenever he has or not the grip of the situation.
The tone of voice, his mannerisms, the way he talks, how he talks and what he wants all depends whether he has or not the advantage towards someone or something.
Great observation. Absolutely true.
Jake Gyllenhaal is a legend. The guys acting range is just ridiculous. And it’s weird how in this film Lou isn’t normal but yet the world and the people within it somehow open up to him. Loved this film, it’s a classic in my book.
I love characters like this one, the most terrific evil is the evil that's believable and real.
A suggestion of mine would be Baby Jane Hudson from 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'. It's a rather old movie but I remember watching it once with my older sister and it was pretty disturbing to me.
it is horrific because it is "legal" - even if he is caught, with good lawyers he wont see time and there are thousands of those running around
@@rusalkin I think its fascinating not horrific
@@jakelawliet3584 congrats ur a psychopath
I really do believe you're not emma.
Lou feels like what the player character of a video game looks like to the NPCs. As if the player has little to no guidance at first going off of past experience, but learning the boundaries and the systems of the world and the game. Once he realises the rules, he optimizes his chances for further success in the game.
Never showing a care for anyone else, because after all, they are just NPCs in a video game.
Edit: add to that the emotionless face. Being a first person game, the developers didn't need to develop facial animations for the player character i.e. Lou.
Good analysis
Feeling like the one and only main playable character may capture the essence of psychopathy
You hit it on the head. He is completely convinced that the world revolves around him.
>video game analogy
The extreme intelligence and learning skills made him probably the most dangerous and unsettling person.
Also i noticed that at the beginning he is lost and drag himself without a plan but in the second half of the movie,he has stored all the information and start to plan getting a dozen steps ahead of everyone,even the police.
The things he order to nina when he is negotiating the "horror house" tape are not negotiable because are essential for his plan of track the killers and set up the scene.
He starts as a guy with a camera and ends as a director
I see a lot of actors these days play characters but still act as themselves. Jake Gyllenhaal is truly one of the rare ones that can fully embrace his character and turn into a completely different person. He makes people forget that he's still Jake Gyllenhaal outside of the movie and not Lou Bloom. This applies to any other movie he's also done.
Here in Brazil this movie is called "O Abutre" (The Vulture) and man, that title fits like a glove
melhor que o original
@@edu____666 Meu Deus caralho
not gonna lie, that title is ten times more fitting and badass than its actual one
@@krypticunlimited6925 Yeah, but it conveys the semi-noire tone much better. The Vulture sounds like a superhero movie.
@@noahmay7708 The problem is Nightcrawler is an actual superhero... from XMen
Something I noticed about him that nobody seems to have touched on is that he never knew anybody in the film, there were no friends, family, acquaintances or even animals that he knew from the outset of the film. He was introduced to them at the same time as the viewer. This, coupled with the opening scene at a railroad track gave me the impression that he had only arrived in LA recently from parts unknown. He was studying the city as much as he was studying its citizens and culture.
Or even worse, he's not new to LA, he's just managed to go his whole life with no friends or acquaintances.
@@transamination or even worse, he just arrived through a time jump from Donnie Darko and lost all his memory and sense of identify
Although mostly true, it’s still a fact that he knew the scrapyard guy before the start of the film
What I find weird is that on multiple occasions he brings up watering his plant as if he is walking his dog or petting his cat. His plant seems to represent his tie to humanity like a pet but not to lively so he can stay focused on his goals.
@@vasilykovalenko697 it didn't really seem like he did though. It seemed like a first interaction
"He seems like an alien who learned how to be a human". Very well put! I like your descriptions, and your way with words. ;)
I've seen this a number of times, it is EXCELLENT! Truly one of the best characters Gyllenhall has portrayed going back to Donnie Darko!
Yet, I still go back and forth trying to decide if he is supposed to be slightly on the Autism spectrum on top of having the classic traits of sociopathy ( at least Hollywood's Stereotypical concept of it ), or if he's just Straight Up the poster boy for Sociopathy ( bordering on Psychopathy ) and Antisocial Personality Disorder.
It is a complex character with rather straight forward motives, which makes it fun because the more you watch it the more of subtle layers you can pick up on. And see the subtext of the story I believe the writer threw in about the sickness of our media and how it's furthering social decay. Whether intentional or not.
And Lou is just like the personification of Raw Ambition Unleashed.
As one has to wonder what kind of a morally and even spiritually Bankrupt person Mainstream Media tends to attract to it. Someone who is willing to push Negativity, to push Fear, lies, Govt or Establishment propaganda to the masses, knowing full well it leads to angst, rage, division, distrust of institutions, a loss of faith and hope in society ... JUST TO GET THOSE RATINGS, CELEBRITY and that BIG CORPORATE PAYCHECK! All without a single care or sense of responsibility for the damage it has been and continues to cause.
Especially now in the age of MONEY FOR CLICKS. Encouraging Fake And or Misleading Headlines that often aren't even congruent With the copy of the story. Or knowing that it might lead to people electing A crook who lies to them, Flagrantly abuses authority, and appears by all forms of logic and reason to be INTENTIONALLY WORKING TO DESTABILIZE AND DESTROY OUR COUNTRY!! Creating Endless Suffering...
Something their Lies and deceit directly led to (granted that latter part hadn't yet occurred when this was made).
That takes a sick and soulless person.
His performance reminds me a lot of Christian Bale's in American Psycho. Both characters are very similar in the way they act. Both seem completely empty (Bateman in American Psycho even says that there is no real him) and seem like aliens trying to emulate human behaviour and only partially succeding. They repeat rehearsed phrases they heard before thinking that's what a normal person would say, but everything seems forced and artificial because there is no real emotion or soul behind it.
Truly masterful and scary performances.
The only difference I'd say between them is that Patrick shows some emotions that could hint at a real person. Like when he spares his secretary because she isn't artificial or when he seems to genuinely like music. Lou doesn't have anything like that all that he does he does to become a more convincing human. He doesn't build relationships and doesn't have passions.
@@bubbalubba3747 Good point, I think Patrick is sociable and human, yet fake and living a facade, while Lou is antisocial and trying to be normal while being unemotive and blank
Patrick Bateman is a bubbly cheerleader compared to Lou!
@@annaeverette8960 they both good tf you smoking on
Bateman is an unreliable narrator.
I think we see the true him a lot; the Curious Child, the Grateful Spurned Man...It feels like it seems like there's nothing there just because what is there, what is so evidently there, isn't enough. But it is there. He's not a robot. He's a carnivore.
I liked this up until the carnivore part.
@@matthewmelange You're right, more of a vulture.
@@UptomykneesVultures are carnivores.
@@Uptomyknees Just calling him a carnivore & vulture feel like insults when the first half of your critique felt more like an honest depiction.
In this movie Lou is very obviously the villain protagonist but this youtube video seems to demonize him for not valuing human life. I think I like Lou's perspective that life is not inherently valuable because the movie itself demonstrates how Lou has no value outside of the things he provides people for.
You could say the opening is a foreshadow for the entire movie because the Foreman will buy the stolen metal off of Lou but will not give Lou a job when he asks for it, thus trapping Lou in the cycle of committing crimes for money. Therefore Lou has no value if he cannot provide things for other people and he simply enacts the same quid pro quo on the characters of the film once the tables turn.
@@matthewmelange See, I don't think of the opening conversation as a turning point. We just view Lou differently.
There is very little question in my mind that Lou has caused harm in his life, possibly great harm, before we met him, and the movie isn't so much about his downfall, but about us getting to know him.
He's in his mid-30s. Maybe late 30s. In my eyes, there's no way he ended up like this without playing out many other options. When we see his approach to his "love interest," it's not new for him.
This is something he's done before when he wants and needs sex.
I think the different between you and I is that while we both sympathize with Lou, you're giving him the benefit of the doubt, whereas I think his final treatment of Rick shows us something really terrifying and predatory, something we can safely judge as wrong without questioning it.
And the movie fucks with the audience, because at that point you almost DON'T WANT Lou to be bad. You want him to find another way to be successful.
But he's just not that smart, and has intellectual curiosity only about things that can directly help him. This is a dangerous way to live, and a dangerous person to be around.
Someone who will eat you if it occurs to them even briefly that they need to do so.
Thus, a carnivore.
I love that you look at the more subtle evil of characters like Lou and nurse Ratched and not just the obvious evil of serial killers and nazis. Great series, hope to see much more.
Thank you for summing up this character so aptly. Especially the part of Lou not having any kind of personality himself. I felt that was the creepiest part of his character was the soulless way he did everything in the movie.
I wonder why he didn't mention that Lou attacked that security guard in the very beginning and the camera cuts away leaving us with the idea that Lou might be a murderer right from the get go?
guard : can I see some ID
lou : why?
Walks away with his watch
He did in the beginning lol
I assumed he just knocked him out
I thought the implication was that he is smart enough to know not to kill anyone in order to remain free
The Vile Eye: "Welcome to 32nd episode of analyzing evil."
Me: "This video's only 30 seconds!?"
lol true
😂
Bro I thought it was a joke I heard the same
i don't get this comment
Same lol
I burned 500 calories today on the treadmill instead of 200 because I was just glued to this movie while running. That's how good it was to watch. Jake is a beast.
The lighting in this film is unbelievable. Really highlights Lou’s stare in every scene and it’s absolutely frightening lol. Truly a menacing character
This almost sounds like you're describing Zuckerberg
Make him a lizard who sells peoples data and you have a alien named mark zuckerberg
What if he was? Even his portrayal in Social Network made me think Zuck is kind of a huge creep.
I agree
Damn.
Search up sigma stare meme that is 2-3 mins long and go to the Zuckerberg part, scared me so hard
Jake Gyllenhall is one of my favourite actors ever,his acting excels when he portays mentally troubled individuals
I agree he's been like that ever since his role in donnie darko
@@mikemarks1921 yes but his movie choices now are impeccable..
mentally troubled thats what you call this😭😭😂😂
Most talented actors are fuckin nuts.
I agree completely every movie he’s in is absolutely amazing, nightcrawler is definitely one of my favorites
What an outstanding performance. I am so glad that I saw a random shot on youtube of the first interview and decided to watch the movie. One of the best I have ever seen :)
What I Can Learn From Lou Bloom Is
You Can't Just Wait For The Moment, You *Created* The Moment Of Opportunities
Not Everyone Can Have The Same Opportunity
I had a young superior in one of my past jobs, exactly like Lou. All the same sociopathy, lack of empathy and the will to manipulate, only without the wit and the intelligence.
Psychopaths are fairly dumb. The only thing they have going is the lack of empathy and drive. Tho both those things are still dangerous even without the high intelligence.
@@John-ir4id hmm ok. Well I did say most psychopaths are dumb. Sociopaths are the manipulative ones.
@@John-ir4id yeah. Psychopaths are more about destruction (or thrill seeking I guess). While sociopaths are like robots with one goal in mind and no remorse implanted into them.
@@John-ir4id Lets not distinguish between them. Sociopath is an extremely out of date term that is not recognized in the DSMV. All there is is ASPD. You have no idea what you are talking about. All you are doing is obscuring the truth on the matter.
@@John-ir4id Because the guys talking total shit going off purely stereotypes with no actual insight into what the fucking disorder actually is.
This movie is a fantastic critique on today's mass media. Very recommended watch.
Yep isent this what media does daily lies, manipulates and exploit others.
The mass media or the viewing audience?
It's a great critique on many things, but yes the media part is very true. In Canada I just don't think enough crime happens for it to be at these levels. the whole stringer thing.
@@mr.vargas5648 Capitalism couldn't be maintained if people weren't told lies
Coming back to this after seeing a TH-camr react to this sick & disgusting video of a guy that watched a man get killed in front of his daughter for telling another man to stop smoking around them. The guy that recorded it was smiling and constantly talking about how the dude got killed, meanwhile walking up to his body, never once calling the police or attempting to help the man as he bled out. He was a real life Lou Bloom & it was one of the most disturbing things I’d ever seen. It’s one thing to see fictions or hear of there being people like this in the real world, but when you actually see it… it’s insane
That thumbnail with Lou grinning could easily be in the context of a horror movie
I absolutely love the way the screenplay introduces him and gradually shifts your perspective as the movie progresses and tells you more about his character. In the beginning he checks all the check marks of a good underdog. He's a bit odd, socially inept man who can't hold a job, who doesn't fit in the society, and who lives in a small rundown apartment just wanting to succeed in life. But the more you learn about him and the further he goes in that pursuit of success, the more terrifying and distant he becomes.
Well I felt damn near the opposite. He starts as a common manipulative scummy criminal that anyone would avoid, and by the end he is a typical “came from nothing” business-owner type.
@@Rooster_of_Rivia I'm sorry, but your message is very long and incoherent. But what I gathered you are mostly proving my point. All the hints are there, but the movie purposefully leaves them to the background. Instead the focus is on Lou's charm and the way he manipulates people's perception of him, while using those same tactics on the audience.
What is absolutely disagree with is the part about a sequel. The movie has it's critique about the society it is set in and shines a light on an individual that often isn't the main character. It shows how people like Lou navigate the society, and how they benefit from their lack of empathy in a culture, where shock factor and drama are the factors that get the ratings. It is a good self contained piece of media that would gain nothing from a sequel.
Yeah, at the beginning I thought he was just an awkward, underdog who was losing himself because of the success he was seeing. But nope, he's an absolute psychopath.
It's the difference between ambition and psychopathy.
@@Ser_Lefty Bro, everything you say tells me that you’re exactly the type of dude that these sociopaths like to prey on.
Most people saw that Lou was off from the get go. If you didn’t see that, then you’re the kind of person that Lou would target.
His gaze was the most unsettling part of this whole film, demanding and crazy and penetrating. He's the true image of a psychopath - manipulative, lacks empathy or sympathy, driven, evil, intelligent. Just the way he speaks, like a true gentleman, respectful and smooth while threatening you chills me. But he's as much human as any of us. That's what scares me the most.
The heart of darkness, the human brain's limbic system that we all carry.
I wouldn't say evil, more like amoral. Psychopath don't desire to bring misery to others on purpose. They just don't care if it does.
He's a sociopath
@@Killgore-ip2yqyeah he's not like the joker or Patrick Bateman or anything but I wouldn't say he's really less evil just more small scale in his crimes
He is deeply sad and broken within. Psychopath literally means "suffering soul."
His passion and desperation is attractive to me.
Fatherless female
It's because in your soul you're twisted
Fun fact: In the last scene when Lou introduces his team the name of his company is Video Production News in short VPN which is a software to mask ur location on the internet which he puts on throughout the film.
Yea, I thought he was supposed to be the personification of "corporation," doing everything for the business above everything else. Even sacrificing human life if it's profitable.
Yep.
Legit right
Capitalism, son.
Corporation? Why are you people scared of saying "capitalism"? Capitalism is fucking dreadful for 99% of the earth's population, why do people shy away from criticising it?
Corporations r ppl tho
I think what makes Lou Bloom such a good villain is that we most likely have all met someone like Lou, a realistic more common sociopath.
If you work in business you're bound to eventually come across someone like Lou who only cares about themselves, and literally cannot see things from another person's viewpoint, only their own.
Most sociopaths as we know aren't the kind that join dangerous crime syndicates or kill people but they're generally like Lou, no qualms on anything, no care for the people they hurt, and no shame in being decietful
Yeah the whole movie felt familiar with the super apparent great recession aesthetician. In movies like this, the setting is as much a character as any cast member
Yup that was my ex. He would get fired so I would get him jobs and such only for him to cheat or something that would get him fired.
He also was not happy when I left.
😉
@@ladyofnoxus6733 damn I heard some tales like that
I've been called that a few times, but I don't know if that's right. My whole view on life is I was born simply for the purpose of surviving and thriving. I just so happen to be born with others like me, which I categorize as useful or a potential threat, there is no middle ground there. I don't recall ever signing a contract stating I would care about others, this is simply how I am, I didn't get compassion from the dollar store like you guys. I live for one reason and one reason alone, to be the best me at any cost and other people are not even an after thought they are no thought. That's my thought process anyways. Would I describe myself as bad, no not really it's not like I have an inherit obligation to help people, Im very simple I'm helpful and nice when it's beneficial, or mean and vindictive when it's useful. Luckily for everyone involved I find being nice tends to be more useful in life, well depends on how you define "nice" 😂. I've enjoyed this, feels nice to get your thoughts out on paper.
Lou's eyes unnerved me SO MUCH throughout the whole movie like no one else's in any other movie I've ever seen. So cold and... soulless. Speaks volumes of how good of an actor Jake is :)
I like the way he introduces himself as Louis bloom to Rick showing he has authority and position of power and remained profiessinal but with others he uses lou trying to develop a freiendship and closer relationship to gain there trust
This is one of my favorite movie characters of how real it feels. Something like the dark knight Joker is good in its own right but its exaggerated and theatrical, this scarily feels like that one creepy quiet neighbor you have. Both great in their own ways.
This movie is an underrated masterpiece. Everyone should watch this at least once
100 % agree
Haha. I like it and have enjoyed watching it several times but no, it’s definitely not for everyone.
I watched this a while ago. This movie gave me chills. Especially the ending.
its a depiction of the life of the leaders of the cooperate industry operate, it covers every single stereotype:
1. usually no formal education/dropped out of college.
2. high functioning with mental illness.
3. facial features of a sociopath/psychopath.
4. no regard or awareness for fellow human life.
5. sacrifices in the aims of success.
Holy hell! I am a Criminology Major, and MY GOD was that well put! What an amazing depiction of the sociopath, and I've never seen the movie ‼️‼️‼️‼️
This movie and Jarhead showed me how an amazingly good actor Jake is.
If you haven't seen 'Prisoners' I highly recommend it.
Yes loved JH. Felt like FMJ
End of watch was the movie that convinced me
Prisoners!!
He is the most versatile in Hollywood imo.
I mean, the fact it’s a real career/job is strange in and of itself.
How
@@centraltv5647 going up to random people who are probably having the worst day of their life and shoving a camera in their face so strangers can watch it on tv is pretty weird
@@cheapjake8161 Err.. youtube is full of stuff like that
@@centraltv5647 It shows a lack of empathy, and honestly, even lack of humanity. A lot of people are actually like this. Picture dying on the ground and begging for help, and someone comes up to you with a dead gaze and zero remorse, shoving a camera into your face as you lay there dying, only wishing they would help you instead of film your last, miserable moments. That is this character, and unfortunately, the character of some actual crime scene reporters/photographers
I’ve been a Gyllenhaal fan since he was in Donnie Darko, I can tell he’s really pushing sociopathic mannerisms and minimizing his smile because his smile is usually very prominent. He also drooped his lips , like someone who rarely smiles. Pretty awesome to see.
So essentially, Bloom is the anthropomorphic analogy of Artificial Intelligence. Lovely
“Creating for himself a carefully crafted image of a man who doesn’t even really exist.” Chills my dude.
Good work.
I am simply not there
As the title Nightcrawler suggests, Gyllenhall wanted to emulate a coyote and deliberately lost weight to give his eyes that alien stare. Oftentimes he behaves like a canine predator/scavenger slowly circling victims, for example, timestamp 3:04. Truly a terrifying masterclass in portraying an anti-human.
My favorite thing about the movie is the last line. “Remember, I wouldn’t tell you to do something I wouldn’t do myself.” Knowing Lou, this is appalling.
My favorite bit about this movie was how, like with Anton Chigurh, we never really get to know where he came from. It's unsettling that you just have to go off of his behavior and not have any origin for it.
The director didn’t want people to sympathize with him. That’s why they left his backstory out of it.
Fuck yeah, this is the character I didn’t know I wanted most
Same. Ive been too busy spamming Daniel Plainview in the comments for months. Now that we have that, ill have to find a new villian to spam in the comments. Edit: i want John Ryder from the hitcher
@@gravepatch How bout Mark Zuckerberg from The Social Network? He's somewhat sociopathic
@@jwall2235 😂.
@@jwall2235 In real life too I’m sure, the guy shows zero emotion and is almost robotic LMAO
Try the most
movie Good Time .
"If you want to win the lottery, you have to have the money to buy a ticket."
Hilarious line because the lottery is arguably the worst/dumbest way you can attempt to use your money to make more money
@@jakek1735 but people still win
@@jakelawliet3584 its weird how chances of winning are very low but many people know someone personally who has won a considerable sum of money in a lottery
@@funkydown yeah, makes me mad.....seeing how I have terrible luck
@@jakelawliet3584 that's just your brain tricking you. you hear about the success stories but not about the losses. Save and invest your money
he seems like he just got his eyes and is excited to try them out.
Lou is kind of like Terminator. Appears human on the outside but is trying to learn how to act and behave human. You see that in the way he talks and behaves. An interesting character.
This movie was a great, allegory, for the modern day media. Lou represents these multi trillion dollar media companies who are utterly soulless and use the masses fear to extort money and emotions out of them.
Allegory also for capitalism which incentivizes the monetization of fear and pain
Media has always been like this. What do you think inspired the movie Network (1976)?
It's an allegory for capitalism. Media is just a part of it
In summary: Lou is the embodiment of the “Trade Offer” meme
Jake should play Joker next
After watching the first 30 seconds of this video I paused it and renewed my netflix subscription. I could already tell this was up my alley. I just now finished watching it and holy shit! I knew Jake was good, but this is TOP tier. Absolutely incredible. I'm going to start watching some of my other not-yet-seen movies whose villains have been covered on analyzing evil. You have terrific taste. Spot-on analysis as always. Hope you're well and thank you for doing what you do.
I've been hoping for this one! As always I suggest Grandpa Joe from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, who among many other things pretended to be bedridden at his familys suffering, smoking tobacco while they eat cabbage every meal until his grandson wins a golden ticket, which he immediately claims as his own.
Nightcrawler unnerved me. It even still, kinda makes me angry. It had a profound affect on my person.
Jake Gyllenhaal showed his skills in this movie.
It’s one of those movies that’s truly great, but I’m not watching it again.
@@rgaud8 yes, I agree! Viewing it once was enough. 🤣🤣
@@rgaud8 i love to rewatch this film. his performance is fenomenal
@@rgaud8 Another one of those movies is requiem for a dream, amazing movie- but wouldn't watch again
Angry? I felt good after it.
Daym, what an amazing analysis. Subscribed
Just finished watching the movie
He's literally me
Based
basado
How can he be literally you when he's literally me?
@@smoothie5622 What does based mean?
So you literally commit multiple felonies and watch people die at night?