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The Black Dahlia. (film) The Black Dahlia is a 2006 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Josh Friedman, based on the 1987 novel of the same name by James Ellroy, in turn inspired by the widely sensationalized murder of Elizabeth Short. Starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, and ...
- $49.3 million
- Mark Isham
- $50 million
About Ellroy. James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels — The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz — have won numerous awards and were international bestsellers. Likewise, the novels of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy — American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s A Rover.
Oct 24, 2014 · In The Black Dahlia, 1940s Los Angeles is a city that thrives on greed, addiction, lust and violence, and the policemen seem as likely to succumb as anyone else. The novel begins in January 1947 ...
Aug 30, 2006 · A literally ripping good yarn is undercut by some lackluster performances and overripe melodrama in "The Black Dahlia." The pic finds Brian De Palma in fine visual fettle as he pulls off at least ...
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May 12, 2022 · While any of the movies De Palma has made in this time are worth discussing, few are as intriguing or as captivating as The Black Dahlia (De Palma, 2006). Released in 2006 to a critical thrashing, The Black Dahlia is a mixture of historical fiction, film noir, and speculative murder mystery. It is also an incredible throwback to B-picture ...
'The Black Dahlia' merrily shattered every single prejudice I had about the crime genre and taught me a massive lesson about books in general. Ellroy'swriting was powerful, outré, fast and furious.
Oct 29, 2014 · Short is now 67 years dead. Kay Lake lives on as a very old woman. Yearning forged The Black Dahlia then, as it forged Perfidia now. Yearning is a touchstone that allows me to view and rewrite ...
