Los Angeles is more than where movies are made; it also provides the thematic undercurrent for a myriad of iconic moments in cinema history. Thom Andersen's documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself explores this complicated tapestry and the ways in which the town and the works created within it interact.
An avowed fan of classic Hollywood, the west coast mecca has a major place in Pynchon’s personal lore as his primary residence in the 60s and early 70s. His examination of the city’s counter culture up close in Manhattan Beach informs a lot of his west coast novels, which are comfortably in conversation with Thom Anderson’s magnum opus on Hollywood and the history of power in California.
An avowed fan of classic Hollywood, the west coast mecca has a major place in Pynchon’s personal lore as his primary residence in the 60s and early 70s. His examination of the city’s counter culture up close in Manhattan Beach informs a lot of his west coast novels, which are comfortably in conversation with Thom Anderson’s magnum opus on Hollywood and the history of power in California.
UPCOMING Screenings
RUNNING TIME
169min
VENUE
FORMAT
DCP
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