James Ellroy Special: L.A. Confidential vs. Cop
Dec 17, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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Episode description
Welcome to Highbrow Lowbrow, which comes to you tonight from the streets of Los Angeles.
In this episode, we celebrate films adapted from the novels of legendary crime novelist James Ellroy. Ellroy biographer Steve Powell goes back to the 1950s and looks at L.A. Confidential, in which three LAPD cops search for Mickey Cohen’s missing Big H while the notorious crime kingpin is doing time at Big Q. We ask the question, is this the greatest film adaptation of an Ellroy novel?
Dan’s pick is from the '80s and is Cop. James Woods investigates a series of 187s of women in L.A. Will he collar the killer before more women are slain?
Beware spoilers. Enjoy the show...
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