In twilight's hush, where shadows play,
A world of excess, in decay,
Bret Easton Ellis weaves his tale,
Of privilege and vice, a woeful gale.
The Informers, a film of dark design,
Based on his novel, a scathing line,
Exposes the underbelly of LA's night,
Where morals rot, and emptiness takes flight.
Graham Sloan, a son of wealth and fame,
Navigates a world of hollow, hedonistic games,
His family's secrets, a web of deceit and pain,
A microcosm of a society in vain.
The characters, a cast of troubled souls,
Adrift in a sea of indulgence, losing control,
Their lives a blur of sex, drugs, and despair,
A bleak reflection of a world without care.
The film's portrayal, a stark, unflinching gaze,
Into the abyss of human depravity's daze,
Aids, a specter, looming large and grim,
A reminder of the consequences of their whim.
The critics panned it, the box office fell,
But in hindsight, the film's themes, a prophetic spell,
The subplot, once deemed bizarre and extreme,
Now seems prescient, a disturbing, grim theme.
The Informers, a discomforting, bleak sight,
A reminder that beneath the glamour, lies a dark, cold light,
A world of privilege, devoid of empathy and heart,
A reflection of our own, a society torn apart.
Less Than Zero, a counterpart, a more coherent tale,
A commentary on the emptiness, the excess, the fail,
The Informers, a disjointed, unsatisfying end,
A frustrating, elusive reality, that Ellis' words can mend.
The film, a stark reminder, of the darkness that lies,
Beneath the surface, of Hollywood's glamorous guise,
A world of make-believe, where morals are a distant hum,
The Informers, a warning, of the emptiness to come.
(Note: The review in its original form can be read here.)
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