Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

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Directed by

Thom Andersen

Starring (View all)

Encke King
Narrator

Ben Alexander
Officer Frank Smith in Dragnet

Jim Backus
Frank Stark in Rebel Without A Cause

Brenda Bakke
Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential

Barbarao
Dorothy in Bush Mama

Richard Basehart
Roy Morgan / Roy Martin in He Walked By Night

William Bendix
Buzz Wanchek in The Blue Dahlia

Ann Blyth
Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce

Written by

Thom Andersen
(text)

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Description: Of the cities in the world, few are depicted in and mythologized more in film and television than the city of Los Angeles. In this documentary, Thom Andersen examines in detail the ways the city has been depicted, both when it is meant to be anonymous and when itself is the focus. Along the way, he illustrates his concerns of how the real city and its people are misrepresented and distorted through the prism of popular film culture. Furthermore, he also chronicles the real stories of the city's modern history behind the notorious accounts of the great conspiracies that ravaged his city that reveal a more open and yet darker past ... (more)

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" Of the cities in the world, few are depicted in and mythologized more in film and television than the city of Los Angeles. In this documentary, Thom Andersen examines in detail the ways the city has been depicted, both when it is meant to be anonymous and when itself is the focus. Along the way, he illustrates his concerns of how the real city and its people are misrepresented and distorted through the prism of popular film culture. Furthermore, he also chronicles the real stories of the city'"