James Ellroy: American Dog

James Ellroy: American Dog
by Clara Kuperberg

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Actor: James Ellroy
Director: Clara Kuperberg
Brand: FACETS VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 52 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ARTE

DVD Reviews of James Ellroy: American Dog

DVD Review: A gas for Ellroy fans
Summary: 4 Stars

Riffing on the topics covered in his brilliant "best selling, award winning" 1996 book My Dark Places, Ellroy takes us on a tour of his hometown both past and present in this short, entertaining film. Who would forsake the chance to hear the greatest novelist of our time riff on virtually everthing that matters in this world--namely, sex, death and Los Angeles? The filmmakers' nod to camp (dig the author lit Lugosi style, leaning languidly on a dangling dummy in an emptied LA mannequin factory) elicits morbid chuckles. Also, extras including Ellroy's conversations with Bruce Wagner at the Pacific Dining Car and the LAPD's touching presentation of the Jack Webb award are worth the price of admission.

Description of James Ellroy: American Dog

James Ellroy called the Demon Dog of American crime fiction was both cursed and blessed by his mother s brutal murder in 1958. Haunted by her death, Ellroy grew into a restless youth, prone to petty crime and alcoholism; but as a mature writer, her sex slaying became the focal point of his writing.
In this stylish documentary, narrated by Ellroy himself and driven by his powerful personality, the writer visits his dark places literally and figuratively as he returns to his mother s murder scene and ruminates on the meaning of her death. His fascination with the infamous Black Dahlia murder case shadows his rabid fixation on his mother s slaying, offering a candid portrait of a talented writer and an obsessed man.
As the author of L.A. Confidential, Black Dahlia, My Dark Places, and many others, Ellroy expanded the boundaries of hard-boiled fiction while tapping into the moody atmosphere of film noir a legacy honored in JAMES ELLROY: AMERICAN DOG.

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