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Nightcrawler (2014)

Film

DirectorDan Gilroy

Meta takes4

Figures

Objects & symbols

The car chase sequences → Cinematic Psychogeography

Locations

The nocturnal Los Angeles setting

Form & technique

The restaurant 'date' scene → The Fragile Alpha
Lou Bloom's speech patterns
The home invasion scene → Affective Contagion

Tropes

Lou Bloom's character arc
The selling of graphic footage to the news station → The Commodity Fetish
Lou's exploitation of his intern, Rick
Jake Gyllenhaal's physical transformation for the role
Lou's use of a police scanner

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