It's really fun to fill in job applications as Lou Bloom. Here's Lou Bloom applying to Target.

Name: Lou Bloom
Address: 110 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone Number: (323) 969-8760
Email Address:LBloom2@gmail.com

What kind of position are you interested in?

I don't want to put myself in a corner by saying only one position. I am sure I can perform all of your available jobs with great confidence and ease. My experience and skill in the workforce will allow me accomplish any duty.

What type of employment would you prefer

I can work full time and more. I will be available any second of the day for you. I will work holidays, nights, mornings. Nothing will stop me…

My word. That Gyllenhaal fella can act, can't he?

Nightcrawler gives us a sociopath for our age. The age of media gluttony, fear mongering and wanton narcissism. Mr. Bloom can join ranks with and stand tall next to many other legendary screen psychos and look them dead in the eyes. With those horrific, empty unblinking eyes.

When Nightcrawler began and the opening act started to take shape I thought it would head in the direction of a dark satire. But every time Gilroy's camera served back to Bloom's freakishly intelligent and clinical gaze everything just felt too real to be a satire. A satire criticizes society and Nightcrawler doesn't really do that. It shows us an element of society as…

Jake G, channels his inner Travis Bickle, and gives the performance of his career as Lou Bloom, a shady tabloid journalist, obsessed with capturing the perfect shot in Dan Gilroy's electrifying directorial debut. Choo choo trains are boss. The first time you see Jake G's shit eating grin. I want to wear Jake G's jacket. Bill Paxton is one of the greatest actors alive. He's the Tupac of actors, if Tupac was still with us. The money your local newscasters spend on Botox. The short ponytail is the distant cousin of the short mullet. Why do cops hate video camcorders? The ageless Rene Russo. Google helps you search for important shit. We all could use a friend like Rick. Jake…

“On TV it looks so real.”

The chonmage was a traditional Japanese male hairstyle, usually associated with the samurai of the Edo period. Consisting of long hair oiled and tied into a topknot (commonly with the top of the head shaved), it is the formal name of what might colloquially be called the “samurai bun.” While it began as a practical device—the knot was used to hold the samurai’s helmet in place—it eventually became a status symbol in Japanese culture, which is to say, it became a thing that existed to draw attention to itself and its bearer.

In Japan, the chonmage fell out of common use, consigning itself to the province of sumo practitioners. But in the West, the…

There’s something I can’t quite put my finger on, and it starts the minute the music, that plaintive, beautiful, shimmering theme starts at the close of the car chase finale. 

As it first appears near the start of Blooms career as a Nightcrawler, I thought it seemed misjudged. It was far too - nice.  It didn’t fit with how I was seeing the character.

Then, as it returns, it’s juxtaposition with Blooms beyond unethical actions and the mass violence, it seemed utterly alien to the visuals and the emotions. Add this to the final exchange between Bloom and Nina, an almost romanticised dream, and something just doesn’t quite sit right. 

But then, maybe, in symbiosis with Bloom creating the opportunities…