James Ellroy, the author ofL.A.
People love the movieL.A.
Confidential, Ellroy said, via theLos Angeles Times.
James EllroyDavid Livingston/Getty Images
I think its turkey of the highest form.
I think Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger are impotent.
The director [Curtis Hanson] died, so now I can disparage the movie.
The film earned two Academy Awards including Best Screenplay and a Best Supporting Actress award for Kim Basinger.
I conceived a tale of 1953 L.A. and populated it with men and women in extremis.
My plotlines were reduced and re-stitched, my time frame was compressed, my love stories were re-triangulated.
I created a world on paper.
Curtis Hanson re-created it for film.
My dramatic sense and Curtiss dramatic sense were always at odds.
Confidentialwas shopped aroundby Ellroy and New Regency back in 2013.
CBS ordered a pilot for the series in 2018 with Sarah Jonescast as the female lead.
Filmmaker Brian Helgeland said that they had worked the whole thing out but Warner [Bros.] passed.
