Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself is a video essay by Thom Andersen, finished in 2003, exploring the way Los Angeles has been presented in movies. Consisting entirely of clips from other films, it was never released due to rights issues, though can been seen at film festivals and in special presentations by the director.
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  • Sep 7, 2003

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  • 2 h 49 min

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  • To Los Angeles paizei to rolo tou,
  • Los Angeles Plays Itself

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Thom Andersen

Thom Andersen (born 1943, Chicago) is a filmmaker, film critic and teacher. He attended Berkeley in the early 1960s and then returned to his hometown of Los Angeles to attend USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he studied with Arthur Knight and eventually assisted on Knight's project THE HISTORY OF...

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