Los Angeles Plays Itself
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 2 hours, 49 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 21, 2014
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Cinema Guild
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Directed by | Thom Andersen | |
Produced by | Thom Andersen |
Entertainment Reviews:
[B]rilliant....It offers an insider's guide to the complex interaction of physical metropolis and the vicissitudes of movie production.
Film Comment
Thom Andersen's monumental LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF boldly and provocatively explores the long, evolving relationship between the city and its representation on the screen.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 5/5 --
CalArts professor Thom Andersen poured a lifetime of moviegoing (and his own complex affection for the city he calls home) into this revelatory two-part documentary, a film that trains you to look at things askew.
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Time Out
Blends a complex kaleidoscopic portrait of the city and a powerful work of film criticism with Andersen's personal story of living in Los Angeles.
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New Yorker
An ultimate movie clip junkie film, a video store fantasy with a pulse and a brain.
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Combustible Celluloid
The doc bears repeated viewing, even when one winces at some of Andersen's assertions.
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East Bay Express
Rating: 5/5 --
Ten years on, we can finally call this film a classic. It's an unparalleled work of social and cultural study. The new, remastered cut means it looks better than ever.
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Product Description:
Thom Andersen is a film teacher, Los Angeles resident, and film fanatic. He believes that his city--the most photographed in the world--gets short shrift on the silver screen. To illustrate this point, Andersen has stitched together a montage of scenes from hundreds of different movies, and created his debut feature film, LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF. Splitting the film into three parts, Andersen begins with "The City as Background." Here, he looks at the way some of Los Angeles' finest architecture is abused in the movies. A particular Frank Lloyd Wright house, for example, has been used in over 30 films, including BLADE RUNNER and BLACK RAIN. But why, the director ponders, is it usually used to house characters of villainous intent' Next, Andersen presents "The City As Character," which looks at how Los Angeles often takes on the role of treacherous co-star. He shows how the city has become a welcome target for aliens, (INDEPENDENCE DAY), an architectural bore (POINT BLANK), riddled with corrupt cops (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL), and a former consumerist mecca (THE OMEGA MAN). The film concludes with "City as Subject," in which Andersen highlights the many social and economic problems the city has faced, and how they have been committed to celluloid. He principally looks at CHINATOWN, as well as lesser-known African-American films such as BUSH MAMA and THE KILLER OF SHEEP. Andersen is a big fan of the latter two movies, believing they are among the very few to accurately portray the city he loves. Absorbing, obsessive, and highly unique, Thom Andersen's film is a labor of love that cinephiles should find fascinating.
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- Sales Rank: 58,566
- UPC: 881164000842
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