Nightcrawler: Jake Gyllenhaal Creepy Confident News Stringer Strikes Jarring Chord
Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler is the creepy confident news stringer who teaches himself the ropes and the film will strike a jarring chord with all who watch it. The movie’s unflinching look at the six o’clock news coverage of the terrible things that happen to the public, aka their viewing audience, by the use of roving camera teams will change how Mr. and Mrs. Average will see the news in general. The film punches home the fact that bad things happen to good people and that it takes the odd, creepy and dispassionate to capture these violent and gory events when they happen.
