Lou Bloom is a young man who is desperately looking for work. One night he unexpectedly comes across the wonderful world of Crime Journalism, which sets a fire in Lou. After purchasing a camera, Lou sets out as a freelancer, intent on capturing fires, car crashes, and other crimes on camera in order to sell the footage to various local news organizations. Quickly rising to the top of the "nightcrawlers", Lou begins to blur the line between observer and particpant, in an effort to build his growing crime photography business. Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler is a pulse-pouding thriller that follows a deeply-disturbed indivdiual who will stop at nothing to make something of himself. Lou Bloom is without question an anti-hero, and Jake Gyllenhall plays this character with such detachment, making his unhinged performance down right mesmerizing. Nighcrawler is extremely critical of mass media, capturing the sensualization of these news programs who use fear as a way to make a profit. While this is certainly a poignant part of the film, the underlying theme centerared around 'The American Dream" is what makes Nightcrawler such an interesting experience. Lou is a character transfixed on being successful, doing whatever it takes to get ahead. He represents the darker side of a country built around Capitalism, someone who measures success and power above everything else. It isn't just Lou either, with Rene Russo's character, Nina, a veteran of local TV news, throwing away her own moral compass in an effort to secure her own financial future. Dan GIlroy's Nightcrawler is a film made from the point-of-view of an antagonist, delivering a seething commentary on the darker side of 'the american dream".
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