The 70s-inspired genre film Nightcrawler depicts the anti-social Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) as he embarks on a career as a freelance “nightcrawler”-photographers who pursue crime, death and devastation to sell to local news stations. Considered by many critics to be one of the best films of 2014, and Andrew, Chris ZF and Chris Ervasti seem to agree.
Gyllenhaal’s performance is a powerhouse and leads to a conversation about Terrence Rafferty’s article The Decline of the American Actor.
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Next week on The Stake Podcast:Freddy Krueger is iconic creation of Wes Craven’s career. The horror legend died recently, and we are remembering Wes Craven with a double-feature: 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, and 1994’s Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.
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