Special Guest: James B. HarrisGuest Co-Hosts: Andrew Nette, Rod Lott
Noirvember 2025 closes out with a hard-edged dive into Cop (1988) , James B. Harris’s blistering adaptation of James Ellroy's novel Blood on the Moon. Mike teams up with Andrew Nette and Rod Lott to unpack this gritty Los Angeles thriller, led by one of James Woods’s most volatile performances as Detective Lloyd Hopkins-—a cop who bulldozes every rule on the hunt for a killer.-
We dig into the film’s tangled lineage: how Harris reshaped Ellroy’s novel for the screen, how Woods weaponizes charisma and menace in equal measure, how Blood on the Moon compares to the earlier L.A. Death Trap, and how Cop fits into the larger landscape of late-’80s neo-noir. Along the way, expect conversations about Ellroy’s amoral universe, the film’s sleazy-sunset L.A. atmosphere, and why Lloyd Hopkins may be one of the most unnerving Reagan-era "hero" of crime cinema.
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Buy L.A. Death Trip, the manuscript
Read The Dark Places of James Ellroy by Mike White
Buy Blood on the Moon by James Ellroy
Buy Cop on DVD
Buy James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction by Steven Powell
Music:
"Cathy's Clown" - The Everly Brothers
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