Monday, January 16, 2006

James Ellroy


Watched "James Ellroy's Feast of Death" last night on cable. It's a pretty cool documentary about Ellroy's twin obsessions with the murder of his mother--which he wrote about in his book, "My Dark Places,"--and the murder of Elizabeth Short, the famed "Black Dahlia." It has a great scene with Ellroy chatting over dinner with a bunch of homicide detectives from the LAPD and the LA Sherrif's office about the Black Dahlia case. (Nick Nolte makes an appearance, though he doesn't have much to say.)

Anyway, I was reminded that it has been a while since we've heard from him. However, '06 could be a big year for Ellroy fans. Brian DePalma's film of Ellroy's "Black Dahlia" is due early in the year--with Josh Hartnett (as Bucky), Aaron Eckhart (as Lee), and Scarlett Johansson, among others--and it looks like it's going to be quite good. Ellroy himself likes what he's seen. He's said that Josh Hartnett nails Bucky, so to speak.

Also, the third installment of Ellroy's Underworld USA Trilogy--after "American Tabloid" and "The Cold Six Thousand, said to be entitled "Police Gazette"--is due in '06 (or possibly '07). Can't wait.

Posted by jwb at 1:50 PM   

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