Gift for evewithanapple by Franzeska (L.A. Confidential - 1997)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: I Get the World: The World Gets Me
Recipient: evewithanapple
Vidder: Franzeska
Fandom: L.A. Confidential (1997)
Music: Any Which Way by Scissor Sisters
Summary: The world may not get Ed, but it's going to.
Content notes: I prefer not to give content notes (viewer proceeds at their own risk: could be anything)
Signed length:
Signed URL: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9641951

Comments

[d_generate_girl]

Oh my god, this is perfect. My favorite movie and my favorite character (Exley you vicious babycop), and you've woven it so perfectly together. I love the journey you take us on, Ed from shiny newbie, all honor and "justice", and how LA/Dudley corrupts him. He's the monster they've made him, but he's a righteous monster. And the juxtaposition of Bud and Lynn is just gorgeous - how he parallels them both, how they're all mirrors for each other in different ways. Just amazing, thank you so much for this vid!

[franzeska]

:D

Yeah, I like how he is totally corrupted by the events of the movie... but that's actually a happy ending.

[cupidsbow]

This is a masterful piece of work. There are so many gorgeous choices here, and the visuals are so clean and gorgeous. I love it.

[franzeska]

Aww. Thank you!

[no_detective]

This is so fantastic, the song choice so amazing, and the parallels between character relationships so perfect, that I can barely type from this need to just FLAIL AT YOU INSTEAD. HOLY CRAP I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS.

[franzeska]

MY PRECIOUS OT3! OMG!

[icarus_chained]

Oh this is gorgeous. So gorgeous. Ed, my beautiful, vicious darling. And I love, love what you did with him and Lynn here in particular. The echoes and the bruises. So spectacular. This is a hell of a thing, and I thank you for it.

[franzeska]

:D :D :D

You'd think they'd both be mad at Bud, but that scene is pretty much them feeling guilty at each other--probably because they both know Bud is a sensitive marshmallow underneath. I like how they're both much more hardened characters than he is, regardless of what anyone else thinks of the three of them.

[fairestcat]

Wow. This is amazing. I love your song choice.

[franzeska]

Thank you!

[verushka70]

God, this is FANTASTIC. The distrust and suspicion, coming to trust and competitiveness -- the envy, the jealousy, the hurt, the SLASH, the JUSTICE, the doing the right thing the wrong way, the final happy ending and hints of m/f/m denouement... you got it all PERFECTLY in under 4 minutes and with a great song choice. Bravo!!

[franzeska]

:D

This movie is my OT3 happy place.

[evewithanapple]

I love the way you edited this- the close-ups, the intercutting between scenes (like Ed and Lynn vs. Bud confronting Ed) the screen wipes, everything. Thanks so much!

[franzeska]

Yay!

Sorry I didn't use your song suggestion. I wasn't sure who you meant it for given that the movie has the three intertwining narratives of Bud, Ed, and Jack and I can see plenty of shippy possibilities. (Jack/that guy who was on The Mentalist! I had totally forgotten that was who played the doomed bi actor.)