{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hit Factory","title":"L.A. Confidential feat. Jesse Hawken","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/33b85754\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":7775,"description":"Toronto-based writer, filmmaker, and host of Junk Filter podcast Jesse Hawken joins us to discuss Curtis Hanson's thrilling 1997 crime epic \"L.A. Confidential\". We go long on the near-flawless narrative and aesthetic choices of the film's creators, its complex indictment of modern policing, and the complicated politics of the story's original architect, novelist James Ellroy. We also make the case for the film as a seminal \"Dudes Rock\" text.\r\n\r\nConsider supporting the podcast by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content.\r\n\r\nListen and subscribe to Junk Filter.\r\n\r\nFollow Jesse Hawken on Twitter.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\n.\r\nOur theme song is \"Mirror\" Chris Fish","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/w3xxeT7j6QImFQd9WPi27NuU4F6pBtgBGrXYp2WG5-k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEyMTczLzE2MTMz/NTY5NjEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}