Trivia for l.a. noire

The original novel took place in New York. However, Rockstar Games decided to change the setting of the story for the film to Los Angeles because he worked there at a model shoot before he began making this film.

Richard Burton did not even know the story for the film when he accepted the role. He only did the film to work together cinematically with Rockstar Games.

Originally, Rockstar Games thought about showing constant brutal flashbacks of the war to show how that brutality was affecting the main character. However, he later decided to not do this so he would work more on the psychological idea of this concept.

The last film of Carrie Fisher before she began working on the Star Wars film franchise.

Richard Burton went to Los Angeles for two weeks in order to get to know the city in preparation for his role.

Although the Second World War is a main theme in the film, the images of the war that ARE shown are not longer then 7 seconds.