Richard Montoya takes L.A. tale 'Water & Power' from stage to screen
The playwright and actor rises to the challenge in adapting his neo-noir play to film, which will screen at the L.A. Latino International Film Festival.Richard Montoya keeps a mental library of depictions of L.A. gleaned from "Chinatown," "Repo Man," "Mulholland Drive," the novels of James Ellroy, and other pop-culture texts.