After two unsuccessful attempts at recording incidents, Lou records the aftermath of a fatal carjacking and sells the footage to KWLA 6. Inspired, Lou steals a bicycle and pawns it for a camcorder and a police radio scanner. One of the stringers, Joe Loder, tells Lou that they sell their footage to local news stations. Stringers-freelance photojournalists-arrive and record two police officers pulling a woman from the burning wreck. While driving home, Lou sees a car crash and pulls over. After selling the material at a scrap yard, Lou asks for a job, but the foreman says he does not hire thieves. He attacks the guard, steals his watch and leaves with stolen material. Petty thief Louis "Lou" Bloom is caught stealing from a Los Angeles construction site by a security guard. The film has been considered as a modern cult classic over the years. Several critics listed Nightcrawler as one of the best films of 2014 and it received various accolades, including a Best Original Screenplay nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. The film was met with widespread praise, with critics highlighting Gilroy's screenplay and Gyllenhaal's performance. Nightcrawler premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and grossed $50.3 million on a production budget of $8.5 million. To promote Nightcrawler, Open Road Films used viral marketing strategies, including a fictional video résumé on Craigslist and fake social media profiles for Lou. Filming took place over the course of four weeks and was a challenging process that included over 80 locations. Gyllenhaal played a pivotal role in the film's production, from choosing members of the crew to watching audition tapes. He wrote Lou as an antihero, based on the ideas of unemployment and capitalism. Gilroy originally wanted to make a film about the life of American photographer Weegee but switched focus after discovering the unique narrative possibilities surrounding the stringer profession.
A common theme in the film is the symbiotic relationship between unethical journalism and consumer demand. Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, and Bill Paxton also star. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Louis "Lou" Bloom, a stringer who records violent events late at night in Los Angeles and sells the footage to a local television news station. Nightcrawler is a 2014 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Dan Gilroy in his directorial debut.
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