Curtis Hanson
3 titles · american genre
Hanson moved easily between genres and was best at cities. L.A. Confidential puts three detectives in the corrupt Los Angeles police of the 1950s, each with his own method. 8 Mile is set in Detroit in 1995, where a young white rapper tries to make his name. Earlier, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle had a family hire a nanny who is secretly out to destroy them.
Signature
- City portraits: 1950s Los Angeles, 1990s Detroit.
- Neo-noir with an ensemble cast (L.A. Confidential).
- Music and ambition (8 Mile).
- Domestic suspense (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle).
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