Sunday, 11 May 2014

Changeling (2008 Clint Eastwood)

Written by J Michael Stracynski, plumbing the same vein of LA corruption that underpins Chinatown.

Angelina Jolie (opinions differ in this household, though she was nominated), Michael Kelly (good as a rather unsympathetic detective), John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan (good as crap and corrupt Captain), Jason Butler Harner (good as psycho).

Stunningly shot by Tom Stern (nominated) with a few nods to his ex-boss Conrad Hall, e.g. subtly lit backgrounds, great confession scene against shifting rain pattern.

Has a great momentum no doubt partly attributable to editing of Joel Cox and Gary Roach. Clint has written the music too.

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