Literally never. Period shit is problematic because they have to shoe-horn in browns where they never were and also bringing up the JFK assassination AGAIN is probably on no one's list of features to produce.
They would need to do the whole three books and I'm afraid they would never have the guts to do it as brutal as the books are. I mean nazi mailing list moguls, JFK, Hoover, the mob, Cubans, French killers, rogue FBI agents juiced to their gills, Tiger Kabs and fricking voodoo magic man, sign me up senpai, 6 seasons of 12-16 episodes should do it
I read the book but I skipped the others before it so I was kinda surprised in the book we knew Dudley was the villain from the start as we read about him killing Meeks.
If I loved the film, is the book gonna deliver? Heard it is grander, has a lot more characters, subplots, etc., and I really want to read it. Seen the film last night after being aware of it for years and it is precisely my kind of noir.
I want to read L.A. Confidential, don't care about the rest atm. Like I asked, does the novel deliver?
Book is good but holy frick they miscast the Captain. The actor is good and all but the character in the novel is written as a giant broad shouldered Irish shitkicker not some frail older dude.
Wish they’d adapt Big Sleep as a miniseries though, Buzz Meeks alone dunks on all the LA Confidential protagonists.
I heard that Bud White was made a bit dumber in the film than he is in the novel, and that Exley is even harder to like there. That true?
Are they all connected plot wise, or simply thematically? Because I really want to read the book after having seen the film adaptation, and would then do 1, 2 and 4.
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Anonymous
It's a better read altogether, Ellroy adds new characters in every book so they might be read in stand alone but there are lots of connections. They're great books
>I want to read L.A. Confidential, don't care about the rest atm. Like I asked, does the novel deliver?
I'm the anon that skipped the previous books. The problem is even though there is a relatively self contained story about White and Exley's rivalry, there are also subplots and characters where its treated like you should know details already. >I heard that Bud White was made a bit dumber in the film than he is in the novel, and that Exley is even harder to like there. That true?
Yes to both, but honestly neither protagonist is that likable in the book, its more interesting in seeing how much their hatred and acts of petty revenge develop.
Exley was way more cold-hearted and career-oriented in the novel to the point that it affected the plot in a direct way instead of the more human character we got in the film. Bud probably just seems more moronic in the movie because he’s being played by a punch-drunk Australian alcoholic. The film in general is dumbed down and loses a lot of subplot details, but that’s to be expected since the novel sprawls quite a bit.
I know the film simplifies things and even changes them due to the inherent limitations of the medium, but as a film it is compact and wastes no time, everything seems connected once you know all the details and I really admire it for it given what I've read about the book.
It's a better read altogether, Ellroy adds new characters in every book so they might be read in stand alone but there are lots of connections. They're great books
>I want to read L.A. Confidential, don't care about the rest atm. Like I asked, does the novel deliver?
I'm the anon that skipped the previous books. The problem is even though there is a relatively self contained story about White and Exley's rivalry, there are also subplots and characters where its treated like you should know details already. >I heard that Bud White was made a bit dumber in the film than he is in the novel, and that Exley is even harder to like there. That true?
Yes to both, but honestly neither protagonist is that likable in the book, its more interesting in seeing how much their hatred and acts of petty revenge develop.
Alright, thanks for the info. Gonna read them during them chronologically during the summer.
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Anonymous
I’m an Ellroy fan and even I have to nitpick to find anything wrong with the film (mainly just the Dudley casting because him being an intimidating motherfricker who got his hands dirty was a big talking point). The casting of the three main characters in particular is beyond reproach, they nailed it.
4 months ago
Anonymous
>The casting of the three main characters in particular is beyond reproach, they nailed it.
Yep, the entire cast seems rock solid, the main actors especially.
I read the book but I skipped the others before it so I was kinda surprised in the book we knew Dudley was the villain from the start as we read about him killing Meeks.
Book is good but holy frick they miscast the Captain. The actor is good and all but the character in the novel is written as a giant broad shouldered Irish shitkicker not some frail older dude.
Wish they’d adapt Big Sleep as a miniseries though, Buzz Meeks alone dunks on all the LA Confidential protagonists.
>has anyone read the book?
yes
When are they going to adapt American Tabloid?
Literally never. Period shit is problematic because they have to shoe-horn in browns where they never were and also bringing up the JFK assassination AGAIN is probably on no one's list of features to produce.
It's just too ambitious and risky, don't make it a white genocide matter
Ironically browns would be and are period accurate with Elroy’s story
t. brown
t.never read the books
homosexual moron who doesn’t know shit about LA
Nobody tell this guy that the Hispanic Zoot Suit Riots were a huge plot point in The Big Nowhere
Or that a whole book revolves around MLKs assassination
They would need to do the whole three books and I'm afraid they would never have the guts to do it as brutal as the books are. I mean nazi mailing list moguls, JFK, Hoover, the mob, Cubans, French killers, rogue FBI agents juiced to their gills, Tiger Kabs and fricking voodoo magic man, sign me up senpai, 6 seasons of 12-16 episodes should do it
If I loved the film, is the book gonna deliver? Heard it is grander, has a lot more characters, subplots, etc., and I really want to read it. Seen the film last night after being aware of it for years and it is precisely my kind of noir.
Dude it's a quadrilogy, LA confidential is only the third book.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Quartet
Yes and?
Again yes, but also why?
I want to read L.A. Confidential, don't care about the rest atm. Like I asked, does the novel deliver?
I heard that Bud White was made a bit dumber in the film than he is in the novel, and that Exley is even harder to like there. That true?
Of course it delivers but it's even better when you read at least one through three, don't be lazy anon.
Are they all connected plot wise, or simply thematically? Because I really want to read the book after having seen the film adaptation, and would then do 1, 2 and 4.
It's a better read altogether, Ellroy adds new characters in every book so they might be read in stand alone but there are lots of connections. They're great books
>I want to read L.A. Confidential, don't care about the rest atm. Like I asked, does the novel deliver?
I'm the anon that skipped the previous books. The problem is even though there is a relatively self contained story about White and Exley's rivalry, there are also subplots and characters where its treated like you should know details already.
>I heard that Bud White was made a bit dumber in the film than he is in the novel, and that Exley is even harder to like there. That true?
Yes to both, but honestly neither protagonist is that likable in the book, its more interesting in seeing how much their hatred and acts of petty revenge develop.
Exley was way more cold-hearted and career-oriented in the novel to the point that it affected the plot in a direct way instead of the more human character we got in the film. Bud probably just seems more moronic in the movie because he’s being played by a punch-drunk Australian alcoholic. The film in general is dumbed down and loses a lot of subplot details, but that’s to be expected since the novel sprawls quite a bit.
I know the film simplifies things and even changes them due to the inherent limitations of the medium, but as a film it is compact and wastes no time, everything seems connected once you know all the details and I really admire it for it given what I've read about the book.
Alright, thanks for the info. Gonna read them during them chronologically during the summer.
I’m an Ellroy fan and even I have to nitpick to find anything wrong with the film (mainly just the Dudley casting because him being an intimidating motherfricker who got his hands dirty was a big talking point). The casting of the three main characters in particular is beyond reproach, they nailed it.
>The casting of the three main characters in particular is beyond reproach, they nailed it.
Yep, the entire cast seems rock solid, the main actors especially.
It’s pretty fricking dark
James Elroy is a mess and probably a legit psychopath in his own right
I read the book but I skipped the others before it so I was kinda surprised in the book we knew Dudley was the villain from the start as we read about him killing Meeks.
Book is good but holy frick they miscast the Captain. The actor is good and all but the character in the novel is written as a giant broad shouldered Irish shitkicker not some frail older dude.
Wish they’d adapt Big Sleep as a miniseries though, Buzz Meeks alone dunks on all the LA Confidential protagonists.
Cast Dudley and Meeks now
Dudley: Ryan Gosling
Buzz: Also Ryan Gosling. I’m thinking we Dr. Strangelove this whole damn thing.
>They only made one Sterling Hayden
Frick this shit
>Josh Brolin is a manlet
Kek
He’d be a solid choice given his work in Inherent Vice. Just needs to borrow those DeNiro Frankenstein monster lifts
Woody Harrelson would be great but he might be too old
L.A. Noire has a lot of parallels with this film, love the game even more in hindsight.