L.A. Confidential: Off the Record - Behind the Scenes

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  • Featurette looking into the making of "L.A. Confidential", the 1997 award winning neo-noir crime film..
    CAUTION - CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE.
    Copyright Warner Home Video, 1998.
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  • @philliprhinehardt6268
    @philliprhinehardt6268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    LA Confidential was a better movie than the Titanic.

    • @icouch
      @icouch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @A Tangerine The point is LA Confidential should have won Best Picture in 97

    • @tommyhaynes9157
      @tommyhaynes9157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YA THINK

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icouch eh, not sure I agree.

    • @charlesd.2587
      @charlesd.2587 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agree wholeheartedly.

    • @carmenputscher4641
      @carmenputscher4641 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely!

  • @MarquisdeSuave
    @MarquisdeSuave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Curtis Hanson was absolutely robbed at the Oscars. It was a masterclass in film direction on every single level.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, the competition was very tough.

    • @Obladgolated
      @Obladgolated 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So what? It's still a fantastic movie; no one who sees it will ever forget it.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@kbanghart I knew that big chick movie Titanic was going to do that. But, 50% of the time, the Oscars displays how wrong Hollywood is about itself. One screening of Titanic, I was done with it, but L.A. Confidential is as classic as Double Indemnity and I can watch it over & over.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@billolsen4360 disagree. Remember, only one single movie can win the big awards every year, out of hundreds of very good movies. So to me, it's really not that significant ..Personally, I consider all the nominations winners.

    • @kbanghart
      @kbanghart 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@billolsen4360 also not sure what you mean by Hollywood being wrong about itself?

  • @markkittel44
    @markkittel44 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Watched again today for the first time in over twelve years. Amazing how timeless great film making is and how this film stands up. Goldsmith’s best score, Crowe’s best acting, Pearce was a revelation, genius to cast Farmer Hoggett in that role, and the only movie with Spacey I can still watch.

  • @schuylerjohnson3051
    @schuylerjohnson3051 8 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    One of the best movies I've ever seen; original, fascinating and such superb acting.

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy ปีที่แล้ว +19

    25+ years later and still nobody has made a better crime movie.

    • @damonzap8659
      @damonzap8659 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      .... and those are the facts, kid.

    • @Althom1990
      @Althom1990 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@damonzap8659 Just the facts, Jack...

  • @watchdog304
    @watchdog304 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Ellroy is the best Crime Fiction writer of his era. Curtis Hanson did a remarkable job of translating LA Confidential to film. He used about 25% of the novel, but he put it together beautifully. RIP Curtis Hanson.

  • @brothermissy7760
    @brothermissy7760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    A true masterpiece in my mind. One of my absolute favorite movies of all time.

  • @adamzanzie
    @adamzanzie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    RIP Curtis Hanson. Thanks for leaving us with some great movies. I think this one was your best.

    • @drfunk1986
      @drfunk1986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      awwww had no clue he passed away. Damn...

  • @philipbagnall729
    @philipbagnall729 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Hanson's enthusiasm is so clear, and it contributed to a phenomenal film. R.I.P.

  • @jamesdrynan
    @jamesdrynan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fascinating insights into the creation of an outstanding movie. Every actor perfectly cast for their character's role. Every aspect of the film feels right. It deserved to win all the Oscars it was nominated for in 1997. In retrospect, Titanic is a boxed wine and L. A. Confidential is Dom Pérignon.

  • @shredd5705
    @shredd5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Underrated masterpiece. Step above most stuff that Hollywood puts out. Should have won Best Picture

    • @randywhite3947
      @randywhite3947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is considered to be one of the best films ever

    • @shredd5705
      @shredd5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randywhite3947 By some, who know about it. For example try to find any "Movie reaction" videos about this. Almost non-existent. There's hundreds of reactions for American History X, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and The Shawshank Redemption. Not that those reaction channels are important, they are garbage. But goes to show that it's not widely known. Or maybe just too complex for the average viewer, not sure.

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Remember, dear readers. You heard it here first. Off the record...on the Q.T. ...and very HUSH-HUSH!"

    • @XxowendanxX
      @XxowendanxX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who doesn't enjoy seeing Danny devito get the snot beat out of him and then lying there dead?

  • @mcgurkryans
    @mcgurkryans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Kevin Spacey: “he’s got all this veneer and exterior going on, and yet there’s something underneath that’s just not right”. No truer words have been said to describe Kevin Spacey. 10:41

    • @Obladgolated
      @Obladgolated 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, he knew whereof he spoke.

  • @mcflytangent9909
    @mcflytangent9909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great flick. Has the audience engaged from the beginning until the end. No boring parts. That’s tough to do.

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly- even the 'quiet' moments have challenging & interesting aspects going on - we need those quiet moments to pull the threads together, & you still need to get to the end, in order to get the final catharsis- not just the end of the story...

  • @watchdog304
    @watchdog304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    L.A. Confidential >Titanic

  • @imlirdan
    @imlirdan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Phenomenal movie, tremendous quality in all aspects. One of my favorite movies of all time, and some of the greatest characters ever.
    Love how all the main characters make a meaningful journey from one end of the spectrum to the other, with opposite directions. The casting, the story, the cinematography.. This is like a rock album with only great songs :)

  • @XxowendanxX
    @XxowendanxX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    kim basinger is such a cutie...she knocked it out of the park in this movie...it's funny to see ed exley speak with an australian accent

  • @watchdog304
    @watchdog304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "This is a Masterpiece" yep, that sums it up.

  • @Texaspatriot1776
    @Texaspatriot1776 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This movie is #3 on my top 5 favorite movies. Fantastic acting and a phenomenal film💯

    • @charlesd.2587
      @charlesd.2587 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine too. What are your other faves?

    • @Texaspatriot1776
      @Texaspatriot1776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@charlesd.2587 well for me my top 5 is Forrest Gump is #1 #2 Shawshank redemption, this movie. #4 terminator 2, and #5 dazed and confused lol

    • @charlesd.2587
      @charlesd.2587 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Texaspatriot1776 I like all of those. LAC is definitely in my top 5...the others would probably be Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard, Witness, Boogie Nights...

  • @Adriana-kw4ry
    @Adriana-kw4ry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I adore this movie..addictive. thanks.

  • @thomahammer9581
    @thomahammer9581 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It took me three or four watching to really understand the story line due to the parallel plots as to what was happening which put me in the same dilemma as Jack Vincennes. Out standing movie and acting. Intellectually reminded me of Chinatown with all the sub plot delving together to discover what was actually takin place I loved this movie.

  • @oscarg8280
    @oscarg8280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    hands down one of my favorites of all time

  • @shermanshecapio3944
    @shermanshecapio3944 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The major cast members in this movie had roles in superhero movies: Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns (2006); Kim Basinger in Batman (1989); Guy Pearce in Iron Man 3 (2013); James Cromwell in Spider-Man 3 (2007); Danny DeVito in Batman Returns (1992); and Russell Crowe in Man of Steel (2013). Even though these roles all happened years after LA Confidential, there is a bimonthly "actors who starred in LA Confidential and a comic book movie reunion."

    • @MattWatts-kv8rh
      @MattWatts-kv8rh หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • @tommyhaynes9157
    @tommyhaynes9157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favorite movie

  • @drfunk1986
    @drfunk1986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it's so nice to see a producer who loves the movie as much as the director and screenwriter. I love this film alongside Chinatown.

  • @progKansas
    @progKansas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Guy does a US accent better than Russel.

    • @guysimchony309
      @guysimchony309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      progKansas yeah but they're both great

    • @joeygirl314
      @joeygirl314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed; Guy is terrific! Y’all should check him out as Jack Irish. He is actually English - raised in Australia, and Russell is from New Zealand (I believe also raised in Australia). Love this movie!

  • @666brandohill1
    @666brandohill1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    WOW!!!! Russell Crowe can really act, just very underrated.

    • @666brandohill1
      @666brandohill1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      look at 7:35

    • @randywhite3947
      @randywhite3947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hm? He’s considered to be one of the best actors of his era.

  • @clunkmess
    @clunkmess 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Classic movie!

  • @andrewlm5677
    @andrewlm5677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP Curtis. Still a really great movie

  • @chriswayneevans
    @chriswayneevans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my all time favourite movies. Difficult to get made apparently, Hollywood execs would rather churn out their usual rubbish, sequels, remakes, then take a punt on a standout classic movie like this.

  • @jimsquick
    @jimsquick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love this movie.

    • @jimsquick
      @jimsquick 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great on every level, I'd say.

  • @jamesgivens6127
    @jamesgivens6127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can tell some of the actors never read the book, because they contribute the dialogue to the screenwriters. The vast majority of the dialogue was lifted directly from the book.

  • @americangirl4410
    @americangirl4410 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As entertaining and awesome as LA Confidential the movie is…nothing beats James Ellroy himself as entertaining and awesome!

  • @JohnnyCardinale
    @JohnnyCardinale 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Should've swept the Oscars that year, thanks a lot Titanic.

    • @philliprhinehardt6268
      @philliprhinehardt6268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Titanic was way overrated.

    • @fromthepeanutgallery1084
      @fromthepeanutgallery1084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@philliprhinehardt6268 Yes, Cameron is the Thomas Kinkade of film makers. Hanson is the Edvard Munch.

    • @shredd5705
      @shredd5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Both are Oscar worthy, but this was more

    • @JohnnyCardinale
      @JohnnyCardinale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fromthepeanutgallery1084 Wow, that’s a great analogy.

  • @frankG335
    @frankG335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's surprising how many people in Hollywood DO have both passion and decency. In fact, my experience has been that most of the people who are making art in the industry are both passionate and quite decent.
    After all, the whole thing is based on people working together to create something greater than just themselves and make their mark on the world.

  • @surfk9836
    @surfk9836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A contemporary classics. Along with, but not limited to, Unforgiven and The Shawshank Redemption.

    • @shredd5705
      @shredd5705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup this is same caliber, among 10 movies everyone should see before they die. Absolutely stunning masterpiece

  • @neurogence
    @neurogence 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watched this film today since 1997 in theater. Direction was awesome

  • @ericcrabtree7404
    @ericcrabtree7404 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    10:41-10:49
    LOL - no wonder you knocked this role out of the park, Kevin….he was you the whole time.

  • @insane8
    @insane8 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing!!

  • @philiphalpenny9761
    @philiphalpenny9761 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Movie lover's i think will concur with Curtis Hanson's frisson when talking about the Warner brothers shield. Scoresese felt the same way when Warner bros. released Mean Streets in 1973. The tradition that began with Cagney, Robinson, Davis and Bogart is still alive.

  • @user-vn8zg7uo1h
    @user-vn8zg7uo1h 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    beautiful movie

  • @levingthedream
    @levingthedream 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10:30
    Kevin Spacey talking from experience

  • @starflakey
    @starflakey ปีที่แล้ว

    what great glimpses of the perspectives from which this movie, one of my all time favorites, was made. not sure how to categorize this, bit of informative content but for this lover of movies, it ranks high. thanks!

  • @flaccidusminimus2170
    @flaccidusminimus2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting fact: Brian Helgeland (who won an Oscar for it) and James Ellroy (the author of the book) are now open about the fact that they don't like the movie. I think Ellroy just grew sick of it, but he's on the record, on the QT, and not so very hush hush about having liked it for many years after its release.
    Mind you, Ellroy dislikes most movies and still concedes this one is better than any other adaptation of his books. Helgeland's subsequent filmography suggests that his taste and qualitative discrimination is highly suspect, so don't let his opinion trouble you. I wouldn't want to see a version of L.A. Confidential directed by him.

  • @hyperborean72
    @hyperborean72 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    such the Great Master of the Cinema

  • @magyaragyar
    @magyaragyar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Masterpiece!!!

  • @NickP
    @NickP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A very well made movie. A Top 25’r of all time.

  • @jackieguthrie-vanallen6748
    @jackieguthrie-vanallen6748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to see this in black and white 😁

  • @julienbencze
    @julienbencze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This movie is a masterpiece. There is nothing in it that is useless, irrelevant or superficial. NOTHING. That is very rare in US cinema. I have red 2 or 3 novels by Ellroy (not LA Confiential), but it is evident that this is by far the best cinema adaptation you could do of his work.

  • @blackbirdqueena7089
    @blackbirdqueena7089 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great great movie, in every way from the script to acting directing editing and music. It’s just perfect!
    What a pity that they didn’t make it in sequel, I wish I know why ?!

  • @sandrafacinelli2635
    @sandrafacinelli2635 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    DANKE ❤❤❤❤

  • @ranahasan24
    @ranahasan24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow excellent movie. Perfect crime thriller

  • @warmecanic
    @warmecanic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It was a book for the whole family... If the name of your fucking family is the Charles Manson´s Family
    HAHAHAAHHAAHHAAH. Shit.

  • @studinthemaking
    @studinthemaking 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Manufactured illusion. Great term.

  • @ericcrabtree7404
    @ericcrabtree7404 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Discount Heinrich Himmler really loves his own book.

  • @jatingarg3913
    @jatingarg3913 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kim basinge🔥r

  • @dimaalejandrofernandesrodr1979
    @dimaalejandrofernandesrodr1979 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bonito bideo

  • @sandrafacinelli2635
    @sandrafacinelli2635 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @themaccabee8469
    @themaccabee8469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still my fav movie 🍿

  • @jerrywangzinger8483
    @jerrywangzinger8483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Forget it jake... lets go home... its hollywoodland

  • @jshnicl
    @jshnicl 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    how does james ellroy feel about his book?

  • @g5nationtonation
    @g5nationtonation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Go mark wolper my bro smile peter 80s flashbackco rocker

  • @austinhuber3131
    @austinhuber3131 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the biggest missed opportunity was not calling the tabloid "LA confidential"

  • @schwartzenheimer1
    @schwartzenheimer1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a hotairbag is Ellroy...jeez...

  • @XxowendanxX
    @XxowendanxX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i liked ed exley and bud white right away; not so much vincennes...

    • @XxowendanxX
      @XxowendanxX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i never understood why exley got such a bad rap, he was honest and by-the-books...i liked him right away and bud white was the opposite in many ways but he was also honest so they were different but they were both good guys in their own way; vincennes came across as a sleazeball, anything-for-a-dollar type person but halfway through the movie he starts to repent and tries to start over doing things the right way

    • @XxowendanxX
      @XxowendanxX 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ryan Perez Bud wanted nothing more to do with cop shit, he'd seen enough. He probably had enough of L.A., as well. He just wanted to leave town and move with his woman to Arizona. Exley was a little bit of a glory hound, he wanted to have an important career he had to live up to his father's reputation but Bud was the opposite. He just wanted to put bad guys in jail or mete out other types of justice. It's funny how one guy was Mr.-By-The-Book and the other one had no problem beating a confession out of someone he knew to be guilty or summarily shooting someone he knew to be a rapist before some ACLU lawyer got him off the hook on a technicality. He was like screw the rule book, let's do justice. Two opposite philosophies of police work, two honorable men.

    • @mohamedashian604
      @mohamedashian604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@XxowendanxX maybe because bud had that tough guy image that everybody seemed to love in the 90s and Russell Crowe fit that mold to a T and exely was the honest by the book teacher’s pet nerd cop that everybody picks on and dislike and guy Pearce also fit the mold

    • @XxowendanxX
      @XxowendanxX 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mohamedashian604 I didn't like the rap against Ed that he was a brown noser or an ass kisser, teacher's pet, name your cliche. He stood up to Captain Dudley's cajoling that you should beat a confession out of a suspect. That is not ass kisser behavior. A brown noser throws out his beliefs and convictions in order to score brownie points. Ed was an honorable man, he believed in doing things by the book and he was on board with creating the new L.A. police force of the future. When I was in the Navy I took that same approach. Ed was dedicated to and passionate about his work. At the same time, Bud was honorable but he took an entirely different approach. He was a good old boy. Get stuff done. And he always had your back. Great guy to have a beer with. Ed and Bud believed in the same things. Justice. They had the same values but just lived them in different ways. They stood for the same thing.

    • @mohamedashian604
      @mohamedashian604 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@XxowendanxX well you right about that I would have the morals as exley but the whole by the book shit that just doesn’t cut it for me and in my defense the first time I saw the movie I thought he was gonna be an ass kisser for the whole movie before he had balls to stand up to Dudley and the police station and this was before I read the book
      Ps: I said that people didn’t like exley’s by the book cop attitude in my previous comment I didn’t mention myself

  • @infin8ee
    @infin8ee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aussies all over the place in this movie 😂