#Enigma movie professional

The interactions between Gyllenhaal and Russo are chilling. There is some amazing monologues from Gyllanhaal. With his increasing popularity Bloom turns into an egotistical monster. It brings to light a dark side of the media that people don't like to think about.

#Enigma movie professional

A massive real life commentary on how news and professional journalism works. There is another producer who objects to the whole thing, but he doesn't have any pull and immediately gets shut down. The news producer also continues to encourage him, despite knowing the sadistic nature of what she's paying for. Bloom blurs the lines of morality and journalism with every thing he films. Bloom upgrades his equipment and continues to up the ante. Rick is down on his luck and basically homeless, so he is easily manipulated.Īfter continuing to film gruesome events, Bloom's stock begins to rise. Bloom hires a helper named Rick who he immediately exploits. Like all psychopaths Bloom finds a way to be charismatic and uses that to get what he wants. Bloom progressively evolves into an even bigger psychopath who has a fancy for filming the dead. This leads Bloom down a dangerous path of a bizarre nature. Russo encourages him to bring in more footage like that to get more money. He sells the gruesome footage to a local news producer, played by Rene Russo. It's not until Bloom captures a rather gruesome death that he gains momentum. He attempts to film some local accidents, but ultimately fails due to inexperience and poor equipment. He starts off stealing a bicycle and trading it in for a camera. It's a rather despicable job by most peoples standards, but Bloom is intrigued.Īfter being inspired by the local crew, Bloom sets out to start his own 'Nightcrawler' operation. He listens to police scanners and tries to arrive at incidents in time to film the gory outcomes. He finds out the cameraman (played by Paxton) is what the journalism world refers to as a 'Nightcrawler'. This gets the of attention of Bloom who begins to question the man. The man films the victim screaming and almost burning up, without a bit of remorse. Bloom witnesses a car accident and as the police try to save the victim from the flaming vehicle, a cameraman looms over the accident. After being rejected when trying to get a conventional job, it's not until witnessing a car accident that Bloom gets his idea. Something that could prove more profitable. He steals fence chain and mugs people to get by, but he is clearly searching for something more. Louis Bloom, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is a bizarre unhinged introvert who is desperately searching for a purpose. 'Nightcrawler' tells the story of a lonely psychopath who is looking for some direction in life. It would prove to be one of his most bizzare, and memorable roles. The film proved to be a character departure for the clean cut Gyllenhaal. The film just left my local theater but if you have a discount theater or Alamo Drafthouse theater you may still be able to catch it. The Halloween day release would prove appropriate for this crime thriller, but more on that later. The film made it's debut at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year but premiered nationally on Halloween Day. Gilroy had previously worked on Real Steel, The Fall, The Bourne franchise and many other pictures. The film was written and directed by Dan Gilroy. The last film I had a chance to see in theaters was a little gem called 'Nightcrawler' starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and Bill Paxton.