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Drives through Lost L.A.
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.
Joan Didion
self
James Ellroy
self
Buck Henry
self
John Milius
self
David Hockney
self
David Rush Morrison
Cinematography
Morgan Neville
Director
David Hockney
Producer
Morgan Neville
Writer
Spokespeople
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Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
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Kings Ransom
The Source Family
Game Girls
1932 Los Angeles Olympics
Wildlife on the Edge 2: Bears
Son Habana
Hero's Journey: Myth or Delusion
L.A. Restaurants
Twelve Years over Hollywood
Operation Blue Line, Starring: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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John Candy: I Like Me
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Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Voyeur
Mar 1, 1995
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