When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Nightcrawler. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, paranoia, and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions, old ways vs. new world, and class and money. The feel is the same: cold and detached, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and paranoia. They share the same lens on class and money and old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: tense, cold and detached, slow burn, and escalating.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, tense, cold and detached, slow burn, and methodical.
Both films sit with feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and class and money. Same energy: tense, haunting, and escalating.
Like Nightcrawler, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and paranoia. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Both films sit with paranoia and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on class and money. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
