I've said this many times Lue is not a person. He's a business given human form. He doesn't sleep, he doesn't care about human well being, he changes and grows to gain more and more power all for the sake of gaining more.

Much as American Psycho is the story of the fall of a successful sociopath, I see Nightcrawler as the story of the rise of a successful sociopath.

A masterpiece of modern cinema.

Lou is living life second hand - he has no individuality to speak of beyond his sociopathy. His "personality" that we see is a Frankensteined collection of quotes and information not his own.

Great movie. Disturbing in all the right ways. A depiction of the darker side of humanity but without any redemptive qualities

I don't think for a moment I 'hoped for his success', but I did watch the entire movie with the kind of horrified fascination of a car crash I couldn't look away from. Which is apt, really. It's brilliant filmmaking, though.

While I agree completely with your point that it is not a good idea to diagnose fictional characters, since they are at core fictional and any fictional portrayal of a mental illness will depend heavily on the writer's knowledge (and in the case of film, other factors like acting and even editing), I feel compelled to point out that you state the idea of him having antisocial personality disorder is contradicted by him having not having all the symptoms, but in reality pretty much no diagnosis of a mental illness requires a patient exhibit all the possible symptoms. ASPD, for example, only requires a patient exhibit 3 (or more) of the 7 possible symptoms. I just think its important to note, because especially with personality disorders, there is a common conception that there is "one way" to be mentally ill, when in fact even people with the same disorder can have different combinations of the same symptoms and it leads to people not seeking or receiving the help they may need. Which, of course, is more the reason not to try and diagnose fictional characters, since its so complicated, but yeah.

Trivia: The italian title is a bit more obvious about how to see the character. It's 'Lo Sciacallo' (The Jackal).

Thank you for touching on the fact that the music is from his perspective rather than what we should actually be feeling. Even the RLM guys missed the point and complained about the music being too cheesy. I actually liked it.

I love this movie for its portrayal of the unscrupulous nature of the capitalist worldview. The white male protagonist exploiting his non white employee in his last moments before dying was one of the most chilling/ thought provoking moments in the movie.

Nightcrawler is Taxi Driver for our generation

Excellent analysis. Some movies are fun to watch, but the moment the credits roll I'm already starting to forget them. Other movies are not enjoyable while I'm watching them, but stick with me for days, weeks, and months afterwards. Nightcrawler is definitely the latter.

Yeesh, this movie is definitely speaking about our world and era.

One of my favorites of 2014, Thanks for doing this one.

The same mis diagnosis as a sociopath happened to someone else I knew on the autism spectrum she had a lot of mis diagnosises but that that one understandably upset her the most.

I'm obsessed with the screenplay of this movie, the slugline free style, so immediate. And of course, the movie is fantastic

i want renegade cut to make an analysis about my life

I don't think the movie is looking for anyone to psychoanalyse the character. It is sufficient to understand he is a psychopath and the whole point is that he pulls you in and makes you an accomplice.

'he is charming' He was supposed to be charming??? throughout this movie I was uncomfortable even BEFORE I saw how he acted when no-one was looking.

That was crazy thorough man. I've been checking out all published film analysis of this movie and yours is by far the most in depth. Fantastic work my dude.

This is what I really don't like about Night Crawler--as someone who's worked the overnight shift at local news as a photographer and editor: This isn't how it works at all. We've never taken freelancers'--some dudes randomly walking in from the streets--footage for pay (stations WILL use 'viewer footage', shot on cellphones and stuff like that, but never offering compensation for it. . .at least not in my experience). I worked in a smaller market--New Orleans--and wondered if this was how it was in a big market like L.A., where the movie was placed. Asked one of my old (overnight) producers if it works like that out there, her reply was they wouldn't even be able to get past security. (If you think I'm wrong about this, find any footage shot by a professional, that looks like any of this on television news. I'll get specific and conceding security and other amateur footage is sometime shown, but almost never if there's actual violence. And the professional photogs don't show bodies or blood.) Furthermore, all the detective would have had to do in the end is look at some of the metadata of the original footage to see that Bloom's character is culpable. These might sound like nit-picky points, but considering they're what the whole movie hinged on, then it kind of becomes weak. Maybe someone should look up good old Weegee. . . I didn't hate the film, though.

This was the first movie I actually couldn’t finish. Not that it wasn’t good, kind of the opposite was true. I hated the protagonist so much that I couldn’t take it anymore. Idk what it even was exactly that made me turn it off, I was able to get through the wold of Wall Street while hating the main character just as much. It was just something about this portrayal that just struck such a chord I couldn’t take it.

Still my favorite channel on KZfaq :) Thanks for consistently keeping the quality of your videos impeccable, and finding symbols others are likely to miss.

The soundtrack is awesome, it totally draws you in.... and it shows what's going on in the main character's mind. You can imagine him writing his TV-format "success story" in his head while the music's playing...

Overestimate his abilities? I'd say Lou is right on track with how cunning he is.

5:36 Unless only unsuccessful psychopaths are diagnosed.

I'm so thankful for Jake Gyllenhaal for blessing us with these bizarre and challenging roles

Man, the second in the X-men: Origins series turned out weird. Especially considering they never explain how he goes from an evil Patrick Batemen looking mf to a blue repentant German Christian

In Brasil, entrepreneurship coaches use this film as a model and sucess case. The protagonist would be the perfect business man, the one we should follow.

The name Lou Bloom made me think of another Bloom.... Leo Bloom This made me think that the film wanted me to see Bloom as an everyman from the 21st century

I haven't seen this movie in awhile and I kind of forgot how brilliant it is. Time for a rewatch.

2014??? Seems like yesterday

I literally watched the movie before watching this. :)

I don't think I can put into words how much I love this movie.

I have to say, I just thought he was playing Jordan Peterson, and that his speech affectations imitated Peterson's distinct idiolect.

This was great! For some reason I thought of the anime 'Golden Boy' and how the main character Kintaro compares to Louis Bloom.

Excellent video. Gilroy and Gyllenhaal did an amazing job taking aim at modern american values. Also, it's true that our current understanding is that people with antisocial personality disorder don't learn from punishment. But they do learn from, and respond abnormally strongly to, reward. So Lou being able to learn doesn't negate the diagnosis.

The music in this video kinda reminds me of The Twin Peaks series. Good analysis mate.

He seemed like the only one messed up enough, to not be bothered about dying on camera

I think I was still in junior high when I saw this movie, I'm not mature enough to realize/observe the elements that support the cinematography. But I do realize Lou Bloom is a cold man in a cold world.

This video is great!! Thanks so much!!!!

Honestly I don't think Lou has to have any kind of innate disorder to be the way he is. Delusion and the suppression of empathy can be learned, especially when there's something to gain from it. The movie world (and arguably the real one) reward antisocial behavior. You don't have to be neurodivergent to figure that out. I certainly don't think Lou is healthy, but I'd argue the movie makes a stronger point for his dysfunction being caused by his environment than some innate cruelty or coldness.

He's a vampire

Every video, new knowledge. This guy is the best.

This movie became a classic the week it was released.

A fantastic analysis for a mindblowingly good movie. Kudos dude, you've proven yet again that you're a top movie connoisseur =)

We are really living in Jake Gyllenhaal’s Taxi Driver years.

Car rolling over ... 'did you see that!!!' 😂😂😂🤣😂

this video was not very subtle but it does the trick ;)

i dont understand how he didnt go to jail for crashing that cop car.

would love to see a review of killifornia lol

The score is so good in this movie

Bloom reminds me of a supervisor because of whom I quit my job before he could destroy my life. I did not know about the mis-diagnosis of John Elder Robison. After I was professionally diagnosed by a medical school three day long evaluation as autistic, a psychiatrist diagnosed me with a personality disorder for not liking pop culture, claiming all autistic people have this personality disorder; and a high ranking forensic psychiatrist initiated disciplinary proceedings against her - she never examined me. I have grown to hate the American definition of success, "The Solitude of Monsieur Welcome" in "Les Miserables" explains it better than I can.

Such a great film.

the shpeal about him being persistent and a hard worker is ironic too because the metal guy is willing to buy the stolen metal, but refuses to hire a thief.

Great analysis. Thanks!

Interesting breakdown. How often do you feel your right about your analysis? Also, what are your greatest weaknesses in examining these films do to your perspective, assumptions and knowledge of the given subjects? personally, I think you have a great analytical depth and strong ability to convey your opinions.

Now i wanna see this movie

Is this a repost?

Excellent analysis

That triumphant music playing... is a song... that exists in sims... I feel verry weird hearing it in this context

great video

i see this movie more like about competition and its corruption. *nina needs bloody things with white people being fcked by probably minorities, cuz it gives more popularity for the tv channel. *lou knows that if he gives what nina wants, he gets a better return in the matter of money, but for this to happen, he needs to be invasive, liar, manipulate things to make a different background story. *lou makes a sabotage, so his "competitive opponent" could get fcked up, opening lou more space and oportunity. *lou only gets rewarded, making everything he does reward him. and why people dont stop him ? cuz they feel they need him.

neoliberalism in a nutshell.

Yeah. A really good film, but somewhat on the nose. Obviously owes a lot to 'Taxi Driver.' Not so obviously, may owe a lot to 'Little Miss Sunshine' (even if unconsciously). I'm fascinated by LMS' subversive narrative regarding self-help. It's sorta the functional version of Bloom's condition. Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) being the antidote to the sociopathy of unfettered capitalism - failing in the face of bad hope. Whereas grandpa (Alan Arkin) acts as a kind of conduit for irresponsible freedoms (like Homer Simpson - flawed but nevertheless his behaviour unjustifiable). Comedically, LMS presents dysfunctionality as functional through hard won empathic responses. I think. Anyway, that was a long way of saying I hope you do a video on LMS at some point. It's forgotten how important and funny this film is (I often think of it as the antidote to, in my view, the sickening mask presented by 'Juno' - a well-made and possibly well-intentioned film with little to say in respect of capitalism - i.e ragging on the tired nurse who yes, behaves poorly, but so clunkily written that she may as well be a literal 'fish in the barrel' prime for the shooting. Whoa, my train of thought turning into an essay. Thanks for your channel. It's one of the few I find actually edifying. Oh, yeah, and please do 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I have so many thoughts on the film; would be interested to hear yours. Cheers.

Who need Nightcrawler 2 ? ✊

Great movie!!😻

Anton chigurh level interesting villain

BRAVO!!!

Snapdragons are the flowers

Can you do one on Velvet Buzzsaw?

I felt really bad for rick ngl

I enjoyed this movie better before I saw this cynical take on capitalism, implying that sociopaths and people who will do anything to get ahead don't happen elsewhere.

Wow! Was this not misread...

Not "amoral", but "immoral".

This movie felt, to me, like a dark mirror of Ed Wood (1994) and Into The Wild (2007). They’re all about bright and determined, but eccentric and lonely young men who travel west to re-invent themselves, while living on the fringes of society and willing to violate laws and social contracts in order to reach their strange goals. Ed Wood and Chris McCandless are both rather mysterious and morally questionable. Who really knows for sure how distinguishable they were from a guy like this?

Are you not entertained?

nightcrawler is the rat race

I didn't enjoy this movie, but mostly because I couldn't stand Jake's character.

I never saw Lou as a sociopath. Deranged yes, but I found him to have more strength and understanding than any other character around him. The last scene where he talks about his partner betraying him down the line is a reflection of his insight in the human nature. Lou knows the cowardice in men and he's in pain because of it.

I didn't like this movie at all,i didn't like the character at all, I didn't like how he played the character, at all. I would say more but.... i don't wanna.

well a film about communism would be more depressing