Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

Drives through Lost L.A.

1995 en 91 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.

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Cast

Joan Didion

Joan Didion

self

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

self

Buck Henry

Buck Henry

self

John Milius

John Milius

self

David Hockney

David Hockney

self

Gene Norman

Gene Norman

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Frank Wilkinson

Frank Wilkinson

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Elaine Young

Elaine Young

self

Mike Davis

Mike Davis

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Budy Collette

Budy Collette

self

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