The Informers (R)
synopsis
Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these intertwining strands are the quintessential Brett Easton Ellis protagonists--a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs--and one another--with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
details
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1 hr. 38 min.
Opened April 24th, 2009
MovieGoer Review
WHAT IT'S ABOUT?
Adapted by Bret Easton Ellis (Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho) from his own 1994 novel about the excesses of the rich and not-so-lucky in Hollywood circa 1983, this shallow film seems ou... MORE
synopsis
Focusing on the Los Angeles of the early 1980s, "The Informers" balances a vast array of characters that represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, a dissolute rock star, an aging newscaster) and the bottom (a voyeuristic doorman, an amoral ex-con). Connecting all these intertwining strands are the quintessential Brett Easton Ellis protagonists--a group of beautiful, blonde young men and women who sleep all day and party all night, doing drugs--and one another--with abandon, never realizing that they are dancing on the edge of a volcano.
details
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1 hr. 38 min.
Opened April 24th, 2009
MovieGoer Review
WHAT IT'S ABOUT?
Adapted by Bret Easton Ellis (Less Than Zero, The Rules of Attraction, American Psycho) from his own 1994 novel about the excesses of the rich and not-so-lucky in Hollywood circa 1983, this shallow film seems ou... MORE
