Understanding L.A. Confidential

James Ellroy popular noir crime thriller was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie with Russel Crowe, Guy Pierce, and Kevin Spacey. The book is very complex, so the question is: how were they able to make such a successful and faithful adaptation of an "adaptable" book?
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00:00 intro
01:09 book review
06:55 movie review
09:47 Ed Exley and Bloody Christmas
12:36 Bud White
13:05 Jack Vincennse
14:42 Bud, Jack, and Ed
15:59 The Night Owl case
19:20 Inez Soto
21:34 Jack and Fleur-de-Lis
24:00 Lynn Bracken and Bud
26:05 Re-opening the Night Owl
27:56 Book ending
32:43 Movie ending
37:23 book and movie thoughts
41:52 Women in the book
44:02 Book vs Movie