#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)

#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)

“#The Man Who Inspired ‘Nightcrawler’ (and Other Movies)” “If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s the newsroom mantra introducing Nightcrawler protagonist Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) to the cutthroat world of “stringing,” in which freelance videographers prowl LA’s streets in search of grisly footage to sell to news stations. The phrase is a neat summation of the lurid…

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#‘Faster, Cheaper, Better’, a Sprawling Drama About A.I. Changing the Global Workplace, Coming from Dan Gilroy

“#‘Faster, Cheaper, Better’, a Sprawling Drama About A.I. Changing the Global Workplace, Coming from Dan Gilroy” Dan Gilroy, director of the excellent Nightcrawler, the not-so-great Roman J. Israel, Esq., and the underrated Velvet Buzzsaw, has a new, ambitious-sounding project on the way. Faster, Cheaper, Better is a drama with a story that spans 20 years, focusing on the drastic changes…

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