Los Angeles Plays Itself
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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 st... (Full plot summary below)

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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's modern history behind the notorious accounts of the great conspiracies that ravaged his city that reveal a more open and yet darker past than the casual viewer would suspect.

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Boston Globe - 10/10 by Wesley MorrisThe film creates a revolutionary lens through which the movies' relationship to Los Angeles will never look the same.
New York Daily News - 10/10 by Jack MathewsWhat Andersen does best is capture the sense of growing up and living among the landmarks of Hollywood's authentic back lot.
Village Voice - 10/10 by Calum MarshOne of the great films of the century to date, poignant and affecting.
Film Journal International - 10/10 by Doris ToumarkineA windfall for serious film fanatics, the documentary is a visually rich, highly personal and opinionated meditation on the role that Los Angeles has played in film history and in a multitude of features.
Time Out - 10/10 by Joshua RothkopfAndersen makes humorous hay out of the stark home designs of Richard Neutra — only suitable, it seems, for drug dealers.
San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by John McMurtrieUsing well-chosen clips from roughly 200 films, many of them obscure, Andersen makes a powerful and impassioned case for reassessing his beloved city.
Toronto Star - 10/10 by Geoff PevereIt's like being squired through town by a wisecracking cabbie with a PhD in semiotics.
Los Angeles Times - 10/10 by Kenneth TuranIt is a remarkable work, quite likely the best documentary on the City of Angels ever made.
Nonfics - 10/10 by Dan SchindelTen 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.
Offoffoff - 9/10 by Joshua TanzerWe see a scene of the hilltop 'Hollywood' letters crumbling in flames, and it's more like a joke than a tragedy. So much for the soul of Los Angeles.

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