Confidential." Confidential." See more videosBut the director’s sense of kinship with Ray went beyond a shared set of thematic preoccupations or a favorite milieu. Hanson came to the industry steeped in a deep love of Hollywood genres, heavily influenced by directors like Ray, Hitchcock, Ford and Hawks. Confidential” remains a neo-noir classic, a poisoned valentine to the city where the director grew up, and Hanson’s consensus masterpiece.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 21, 2016 17:28 UTC