Funerals & Snakes

Funerals & Snakes

Something to watch tonight: Tuesday 14 January

Los Angeles Plays Itself (Anderson, 2003)

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Dan Slevin
Jan 14, 2025
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I first recommended this film here back in September 2023 but recent events in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and the rest have brought it back to me.

It’s a psychogeographic history of Hollywood and Los Angeles in two parts. The first is about how Los Angeles has been used to play other places in the movies (often to hilarious effect) and the secon…

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