Nightcrawler/夜行者

This is a cold movie, very very cold, as it disclose a surprising but not peculiar fact: the current society is more and more cruel and cold, moreover, it starts to shape ourselves reversely. In a word of philosophy, people nowadays are being alienated by the society, that is, we are no more some people with love and warmth, but some products of our jobs or industries; we live for them, not they work for us; we pursue something worthwhile just to sell it, even we know which might hurt others' lives. We the people may sell everything which could help us earn more or crawl higher in the society, everything, including people's lives.

We are no longer human beings, but some animals crawling in the night. The movie is real, but it is much more scary than ghost ones.

Jake Gyllenhaal offered one of his best performance ever! He demonstrated why and how only to be an animal could you live in the society better and crawl higher.

Quotes:
Lou Bloom: Why you pursue something is as important as what you pursue.

Lou Bloom: Now I like you, Nina. And I look forward to our time together. But you have to understand, fifteen thousand isn't all that I want. From here on, starting now, I want my work to be credited by the anchors and on a burn. The name of my company is Video Production News, a professional news-gathering service. That's how it should be read and that's how it should be said. I also want to go to the next rung and meet your team, and the station manager, and the director, and the anchors, and start developing my own personal relationships. I'd like to start meeting them this morning. You'll take me around, you'll introduce me as the owner and president of Video Production News, and remind them of some of my many other stories. I'm not done. I also want to stop our discussion over prices. This will save time. So when I say that a particular number is my lowest price, that's my lowest price and you can be assured that I arrived at whatever that number is very carefully. Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them and I don't want to have to ask again. And the last thing that I want, Nina, is for you to do the things that I ask you to do when we're alone together in your apartment, NOT LIKE THE LAST TIME. So, I'll tell you what. I have the van crash on Moorpark tonight. It was a couple of stringers actually. That could lead by itself on an average night. I'd be willing to throw that in for free. So what do you say, do we have a deal?

Performance impression:
Director: Dan Gilroy
Writer: Dan Gilroy
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo