Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.
“Drives through Lost L.A.”
1995•1h 31m•7.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Morgan Neville
Writer
Morgan Neville, Harry Pallenberg
Languages
English
Studio
King Pictures
Cast
Joan Didion
self
James Ellroy
self
Buck Henry
self
John Milius
self
David Hockney
self
Gene Norman
self
Frank Wilkinson
self
Elaine Young
self
Mike Davis
self
Budy Collette
self
Production
Company
King Pictures
Producer
David Hockney
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