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Reminds me a lot of the documentary "LA Plays Itself": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hYg01uqz9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hYg01uqz9U

• IvyMike 10y ago
  Technically it's "Los Angeles Plays Itself". This may seem pedantic, but it's a point made in the movie itself: "The acronym functions here as a slightly derisive diminutive. Now it’s become second nature, even to people who live here. Maybe we adopted it as a way of immunizing ourselves against the implicit scorn, but it still makes me cringe. Only a city with an inferiority complex would allow it." (Also it turns out there was already a film called "LA Plays Itself") http://www.standardhotels.com/culture/whatever-you-do-dont-call-it-la-los-angeles-plays-itself-arrives-at-last http://www.standardhotels.com/culture/whatever-you-do-dont-c...
  • diogenescynic 10y ago
    One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
  • melvinmt 10y ago
    Thanks for the quote. Just found the entire transcript: http://newfilmkritik.de/archiv/2005-03/los-angeles-plays-itself/ http://newfilmkritik.de/archiv/2005-03/los-angeles-plays-its... It's a good read :)
• RichardCA 10y ago
  "Los Angeles Plays Itself" - Thom Andersen's 2003 documentary, can be found on Youtube (paid), and is essential viewing IMHO. "L.A. Plays Itself" - Fred Halsted's 1972 avant-garde gay porn film, the only hardcore work in the permanent collection of the MOMA, referenced in "Los Angeles Plays Itself". Sorry, had to put that in.