I liked this movie, despite the "disconnect" that you mention. I vaguely remember hearing that in the original script Simo's background mirrored Reeves' in a number of ways, and it was Simo's sympathy for Reeves which spurred him on.
I later read an article written by the author of one of the books that HOLLYWOODLAND was based on. The author was initially convinced that Reeves' had been murdered, but the deeper he dug the murkier things got. Simo's investigation in the movie pretty much uncovers the same facts that the author uncovered in the real world, in the order that the author found them. And you gotta admit -- while the framing sequence itself may suffer from a "disconnect" from Reeves' life, telling Reeves' story in that sequence leads to some extremely tense drama.
So, yeah -- there was something of a disconnect between Simo's and Reeves' lives... but in the end, I greatly enjoyed it.
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Date: 2007-10-05 04:26 am (UTC)I later read an article written by the author of one of the books that HOLLYWOODLAND was based on. The author was initially convinced that Reeves' had been murdered, but the deeper he dug the murkier things got. Simo's investigation in the movie pretty much uncovers the same facts that the author uncovered in the real world, in the order that the author found them. And you gotta admit -- while the framing sequence itself may suffer from a "disconnect" from Reeves' life, telling Reeves' story in that sequence leads to some extremely tense drama.
So, yeah -- there was something of a disconnect between Simo's and Reeves' lives... but in the end, I greatly enjoyed it.