Ellroy is tough to adapt because his worldview is so bleak, yet moral and very judgemental, qualities that don't always work in film.
His book, My Dark Places, is astonishing. As he recollects his mother and her murder, he refuses to sugarcoat her promiscuity and boozing because, he argues, that would be wrong and unfair to her. He argues that he loves his mother in totality, he can't pick and choose what about her he loves or doesn't. An inspiring and brave sentiment.
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posted by Daniel Nemet-Nejat @ 7/27/2006 11:11 PM
I agree. "My Dark Places" is amazing. For a while David Duchovny was attached to a feature version that Robert Greenwald was going to direct. I want to say Jan Oxenberg wrote the script, but I'm not sure of that last part.
I don't think the movie ever got made, though.
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 7/28/2006 1:46 AM
