This comment reminded me of a perfect quote from the 'documentary'/video essay about Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Plays Itself (an analysis of LA composed of anal

This comment reminded me of a perfect quote from the 'documentary'/video essay about Los Angeles -- Los Angeles Plays Itself (an analysis of LA composed of analyses of movies shot in LA): " ...The loss of a car is a form of symbolic castration, in the movies and in life. The best films about Los Angeles are, at least partly, about modes of transportation. Getting from place to place isn’t a given. Cars break down, they get flat tires, they get towed. [Midnight Madness: as a tow truck dirver is hoisting a compact sedan onto the rear of his tow truck, four young women in identical red sweaters run up. One of them asks, „Hey, what’s going on here?“] Or you don’t have a car. You have to catch a bus or you have to walk..." https://filmkritik.antville.org/stories/1071484/ https://filmkritik.antville.org/stories/1071484/ trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifii8LvR-ss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifii8LvR-ss it might seem deadpan, but the movie really was a fantastic experience for me