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Heavy-handed satire
- On its most basic level, Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy, 2014) is a heavy-handed satire that indicts the “if it bleeds, it leads” mentality and the normalization of violent and gruesome images on television news.
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Nov 3, 2014 · Here’s the thing: While those elements are undeniably present, the film isn’t primarily a media satire. The film has earned a number of comparisons to “Network” (along with “Taxi Driver...
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Dec 5, 2014 · Lou, the character Jake Gyllenhaal plays in the darkly funny, terrifically smart little film Nightcrawler, at first seems like a simple riff on someone like Gordon Gekko from Wall Street or...
Aug 1, 2023 · What is Nightcrawler about? Nightcrawler explores the themes of ambition, the media, and the dark side of the American Dream. Lou is portrayed as a driven but morally ambiguous character who is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve success, even if it means breaking the law or exploiting others.
Is Nightcrawler a sincere commentary on social decay or an over-the-top black satire? Tonally speaking, the movie never quite seems to make up its mind.
Apr 27, 2022 · Nightcrawler taking the anti-hero route makes the movie extremely funny as a satire, but also shows the horrors of an extremely capitalistic mindset. It also works because the occupation...
Oct 31, 2014 · A perfect engine of corrosive satire, this drama follows the adventures of an amoral cameraman to its logical and unsettling end.
