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Shotgun Freeway

"Drives through Lost L.A."

1995-03-01 en 91m
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

Harry Pallenberg

Executive Producer

Scott King

Director

Morgan Neville

Writer

Morgan Neville

Writer

Harry Pallenberg

Cinematography

David Rush Morrison

los angeles, california

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • King Pictures