Which movie about the entire John C. Holmes story accurately captures the Holmes milieu- “Wonderland” or “Boogie Nights” ?
As much as I like “Boogie Nights”, it remains a fairly superficial movie. Based on my research, “Wonderland” arrives closest to the truth but in both films an apologist’s tone creeps in with reference to Holmes. The man was a poster child for sociopathic behavior. This is a man who pimped out his underage girlfriend to Eddie Nash in exchange for drugs and that’s just the beginning of his sins. Charles Manson was deranged and messianic but John Holmes only cared about himself and didn’t care who got hurt – or killed – in his never-ending quest to feed drugs and self-esteem into his wasted system. What’s your favorite movie(s) or TV show(s) that are based in LA? I know it sounds trite and predictable but “Chinatown” has to be the best L.A. movie ever made. Sydney Pollack’s adaptation of Horace McCoy’s “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” runs a close second. Best LA-themed book(s)? Too many. I’ll sidestep Nathanael West’s blistering “Day of the Locust” to applaud some more recent works like
