“ I seen the movie so it counts”
“The greatest mystery in script adaptation is how the hell Curtis Hanson and Bryan Helgeland saw through the obese gargantuan slop that is the novel and created a completely mesmerizing film. I actually went to the book after the movie, hoping to spend more time with Exley, Bud White and Hollywood Jack Vincennes. The fact that I actually finished reading this "messterpiece" is one of my great personal triumphs.”