From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Directed byThom Andersen
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 49m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- July 28, 2004
Watch the
Trailers & teasers
Featuring
Cast & crew
Encke King
Narrator (voice)
- Directed by
- Thom Andersen
- Written by
- Thom Andersen
- Produced by
- Thom Andersen
Keep watching
More like this
6.0Lost Compassion
2016 · Film
Disco'd
2018 · Film
10.0Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee, N. J.
1964 · Film
7.1The Go-Go's
2021 · Film
7.0Mon Clown
2008 · Film
Touched by Gold: '72 Lakers
2012 · Film
4.5Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
2019 · Film
6.9The Rainbow
2019 · Film
Looking for the Perfect Beat
2014 · Film
A Visit to Los Angeles
1916 · Film
10.0In Her Own Time
1985 · Film
6.9An Open Secret
2014 · Film
Twelve Years over Hollywood
2020 · Film
L.A. Restaurants
2020 · Film
William et Harry : de l'amour à la haine
2023 · Film
8.0Flipside Video Fanzine Number Two
1983 · Film
Flipside Video Fanzine Number 1
Film
Picked for you
Recommended movies
6.0Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021 · Film
7.2Come See Me in the Good Light
2025 · Film
7.0Corman's World
2011 · Film
6.1Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023 · Film
6.1Room 237
2012 · Film
8.0My Mom Jayne
2025 · Film
7.9A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Film
7.0De Palma
2016 · Film
7.2Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Film
7.5Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018 · Film
7.3The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Film
6.4A Toxic Love Story
2026 · Film
7.1Boys State
2020 · Film
6.7MoviePass, MovieCrash
2024 · Film
7.1Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 · Film
6.5Strip Down, Rise Up
2021 · Film
6.1BRATS
2024 · Film
6.9Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013 · Film
6.4Inside Deep Throat
2005 · Film
6.4Overnight
2003 · Film