Title: A gas for Ellroy fans
Review: Riffing on the topics covered in his brilliant "best selling, award winning" 1996 book My Dark Places, Ellroy takes us on a tour of his hometown both past and present in this short, entertaining film. Who would forsake the chance to hear the greatest novelist of our time riff on virtually everthing that matters in this world--namely, sex, death and Los Angeles? The filmmakers' nod to camp (dig the author lit Lugosi style, leaning languidly on a dangling dummy in an emptied LA mannequin factory) elicits morbid chuckles. Also, extras including Ellroy's conversations with Bruce Wagner at the Pacific Dining Car and the LAPD's touching presentation of the Jack Webb award are worth the price of admission.
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