7.0Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. · 1995
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995) is a Documentary film directed by Harry Pallenberg, starring Joan Didion, James Ellroy, Buck Henry.
Documentary
7.0Overview
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.
Cast
Joan Didion, James Ellroy, Buck Henry, John Milius, David Hockney, Gene Norman, Frank Wilkinson, Elaine Young
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What is "Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A." about?
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.
When was "Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A." released?
Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. was released in 1995.
Who stars in "Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A."?
The cast includes Joan Didion, James Ellroy, Buck Henry, John Milius.
