Christopher Golon's 'Hollywood' is the story of a Detective in LA who goes into the world of adult videos to find a woman's missing daughter. The performances all around were solid as each character felt like they belonged to this world. All at once, I could feel the dirt, the grit, the nasty on these people - and everyone fit their character! My problem is the film's ending. What are we to make of it? And further more, what are we to take from it? It seems that Golon wasn't quite sure on how to end it. But while the conclusion might be a bit jumbled, overall the film was both riveting and disturbing and worth a look simply for its premise and performances.
Los Angeles is where the character of Sara came to make it big and to be a star. Instead she's ended up in skin flicks showing the world her goods. We don't know too much on how Sara fell into porn as we spend almost all of our time with the Detective in his quest.
What feels right about Golon's film is who he cast. Sara is a small town girl who gets eaten by the big city (no pun intended). We all know that Los Angeles seems to house thousands upon thousands of teenagers who go there to make it big. But as we know, very few actually do. Most go back from where they came, some remain at smalltime jobs, and some fall into the strange world of adult videos as Golon's film depicts.
The Detective prowls this world and the deeper he gets, the more displaced he seems to be and the more violent he becomes. I liked it, I believed it, and I recommend it.
Los Angeles is where the character of Sara came to make it big and to be a star. Instead she's ended up in skin flicks showing the world her goods. We don't know too much on how Sara fell into porn as we spend almost all of our time with the Detective in his quest.
What feels right about Golon's film is who he cast. Sara is a small town girl who gets eaten by the big city (no pun intended). We all know that Los Angeles seems to house thousands upon thousands of teenagers who go there to make it big. But as we know, very few actually do. Most go back from where they came, some remain at smalltime jobs, and some fall into the strange world of adult videos as Golon's film depicts.
The Detective prowls this world and the deeper he gets, the more displaced he seems to be and the more violent he becomes. I liked it, I believed it, and I recommend it.