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In Reply to: "Los Angeles Plays Itself:" film noir lovers MUST see this; the first half examines all the dark films made in posted by tinear on January 5, 2015 at 22:00:18:
Good point. I saw "Los Angeles Plays Itself" last month on Netflix - I liked it, although I thought it deteriorated toward the end (where the narrator strays from the depiction and movie persona of Los Angeles itself), and I thought some of the points and glib assertions (a couple of which you pointed out: no one walks, everybody drives, etc.) were merely the conceits of an artiste. I also chuckled at another of his points, which was that everybody thinks people in LA work in the movies, but, in reality, "only 1 Angelino in 40 works in the entertainment industry". That still seems like a pretty darn high number to me!
Nevertheless, as I mentioned, I still liked it - partly for the nostalgia. (Until I was a senior in high school, I was living about a mile and a half from Disneyland.)
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Follow Ups
- "Well, yes, if you're talking everyone except the large population of lower-income folks" - Chris from Lafayette 09:18:01 01/06/15 (9)
- You think it's glib to point out that it's a white conceit to think "everyone" drives around Los Angeles? Or - tinear 12:47:14 01/06/15 (6)
- Neither - I was merely trying to state . . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:14:49 01/07/15 (5)
- Not to mention Barton Fink, Chinatown and L.A. Confidential. Nt - geoffkait 04:41:07 01/09/15 (0)
- Mulholland Drive... - mkuller 08:35:29 01/07/15 (2)
- And here I was thinking Steve Martin's L.A. Story was the definitive L.A. movie^ - Road Warrior 19:06:46 01/07/15 (1)
- RE: And here I was thinking Steve Martin's L.A. Story was the definitive L.A. movie^ - mkuller 20:47:19 01/07/15 (0)
- Okay, I see where my comments could have been misconstrued. Actually, I was applauding the director's - tinear 08:20:48 01/07/15 (0)
- Well Chris... - mkuller 11:25:31 01/06/15 (1)
- Yup - our family did the same - simpler times [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:16:39 01/07/15 (0)
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