Los Angeles plays itself /
Material type: FilmPublisher number: CG 000148 | Cinema GuildLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: [New York] : Cinema Guild, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 videodisc (170 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (24 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm)Content type:- two-dimensional moving image
- text
- video
- unmediated
- videodisc
- volume
- 0781514843
- 9780781514842
- Motion pictures -- United States -- History
- Popular culture -- California -- Los Angeles
- Cinéma -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Culture populaire -- Californie -- Los Angeles
- Motion pictures
- Popular culture
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- In motion pictures
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
- California -- Los Angeles
- United States
- Feature films -- United States.
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Feature films -- United States.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Film clips.
- History.
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Film clips.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Feature films -- United States.
- Documentaires.
- Films autres que de fiction.
- 979.4/94 23
- F869.L857 L677 2014
- Editor, Yoo Seung-Hyun ; camera, Deborah Stratman ; remastering (2013), Adam R. Levine, Peter Bo Rappmund.
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Video Recording | Carleton University, AVRC | SP456 - Collections Room | DVD-02983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 16050303398 |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003.
Booklet inserted inside container.
Special features include: The Tony Longo trilogy (2014, 14 min.) a short film by Thom Andersen; Theatrical trailer. A collectible booklet featuring essays by Mike Davis, author of "City of quartz: excavating the future of Los Angeles" and Thom Andersen.
Part one : Another way to look at movies. Reality and representation. Locations. Hollywood. "L.A." and "the industry". The city as background: the city with no name. The Bradbury Building. The decline of public space. Benign lies. Geographic license and literalism. Modern architecture. Landmarks. Disaster movies. The city as character: James M. Cain. A brighter world. Film noir. Things that aren't there any more. Bunker Hill -- Part two : High tourist/low tourist. The outside men: Deray, Antonioni, Demy. The city as subject: Chinatown. Modes of transportation. Downtown vs. the suburbs. Blade Runner. L.A. confidential. Cops. The provincialism of over-privilege. Neorealism -- Extras.
Booklet : The introduction / Thom Andersen -- Tourists from hell / Mike Davis -- Los Angeles a city on film / Thom Andersen.
Rating: Not rated.
DVD, NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
English audio.
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