-LRB- A. O. Scott -RRB- ` THE BLACK DAHLIA ' -LRB- R , 119 minutes -RRB- Brian De Palma drains the life out of James Ellroy 's take on the spectacularly cruel 1947 murder of a young Los Angeles woman known as the Black Dahlia .
James Ellroy
Los Angeles
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Black Dahlia
Los Angeles
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A. O. Scott
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Brian De Palma
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James Ellroy
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Los Angeles
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Black Dahlia