Both set in the 50s Los Angeles. Both have great casts, great plot.
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printsofdarkness — 20 years ago(April 14, 2005 01:11 PM)
Not even close-Mullholland Falls had caricatured acting, was too fixated on costumes and production design, and was not aided by Lee Tamahori's turgid direction. L.A. Confidential had actors that created characters you could empathize with, a complex but cogent screenplay, and a director who knew to use the costumes and sets as a backdrop to the story.
Decision : L.A. Confidential.
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gentle_x — 20 years ago(June 23, 2005 05:01 PM)
I haven't watched all of Mulholland Falls yet but Aaron Neville?? It wouldn't be a problem if he at least sounded like an entertainer from that period but his voice doesn't fit the music at all. One of the drawing points to L.A. Confidential, for me at least, was the music and how it was used to reflect the era in the movie. It was cool how L.A. Confidential included the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet playing "Makin' Whoopee" (The trumpet player actually looked like Chet too), of course Johnny Mercer, and others from the period. Anyway, off to see the rest of the movie.. hopefully there's some "period" music in it.
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printsofdarkness — 20 years ago(July 25, 2005 12:58 PM)
Wuh?! Jennifer Connelly was nekkid in Mulholland Falls?! I totally have no recollection of that! I'll have to rent it again!
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inoldhollywood — 20 years ago(August 25, 2005 12:44 PM)
Gosh, I liked both of these movies very much, but there is no comparison L.A. Confidential is amazing and is the clear winner. On Mulholland Falls, I agree with jmorrison who wrote the review here. The plot is a bit far fetched and without a point or direction. I think Mulholland Falls just tried too much to have a plot like "Chinatown" (my favorite movie of all time) and fell short . but I still enjoyed Nick Noltes character and when Melanie Griffith sees "the home movie", you see and feel her pain very clearly. A truly great bit of superb acting on her part. I would like to think both films have something special to give and both are well worth watching, but on very different levels emotionally and intellectually.
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pocomarc — 18 years ago(November 20, 2007 01:36 AM)
Mulholland STUNK.
Nolte's voice was campy.
The cops suits were too clean.
I liked the impeccable suits of Nolte and his partner after the "fight" on the plane.
The Nolte character was the whole movie, and since he was a character for whom one could have no affinity, the movie was a FAILURE.
LA Confidential was great.
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filmbuff1974 — 15 years ago(October 21, 2010 02:08 AM)
"L.A. Confidential" had way more money to work with and it showed in the production design. This is the rare case where money really does become a deciding factor on how good a film was, these period films need to sell us the time period. BTW, don't get me wrong, "Mulholland Falls" is a pretty impressive film and I really enjoyed it. It's just there wasn't much to sell me on the fifties time period except the period cars and the military sequences.
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mgtbltp — 11 years ago(September 01, 2014 03:43 AM)
"L.A. Confidential" had way more money to work with and it showed in the production design. This is the rare case where money really does become a deciding factor on how good a film was, these period films need to sell us the time period. BTW, don't get me wrong, "Mulholland Falls" is a pretty impressive film and I really enjoyed it. It's just there wasn't much to sell me on the fifties time period except the period cars and the military sequences.
But L.A. Confidential forgot the hats, a glaring omission, it was like making a Western without cowboy hats.