I have not seen Nightcrawler yet, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. And I agree completely about taking risks -- I thought he was terrific in both Everest and Jarhead! :D
The violence in Nocturnal Animals is only (as far as I recall) in the "book manuscript" part of the story. Some of it is implied -- we don't actually see two people being murdered, but we hear a description of how it happened, which may actually be worse because imagination. Later on, though, we do have some gun-play and someone hits someone else in the head (not with a gun). Oh, and there's an imagined rape scene. Looking at IMDB, it says this film was rated R for "violence, menace, graphic nudity, and language."
no subject
The violence in Nocturnal Animals is only (as far as I recall) in the "book manuscript" part of the story. Some of it is implied -- we don't actually see two people being murdered, but we hear a description of how it happened, which may actually be worse because imagination. Later on, though, we do have some gun-play and someone hits someone else in the head (not with a gun). Oh, and there's an imagined rape scene. Looking at IMDB, it says this film was rated R for "violence, menace, graphic nudity, and language."