Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. 1995
Directed by Morgan Neville, Harry Pallenberg
- Documentary
- 91 min
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.
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- John Miliusself
- David Hockneyself
- Gene Normanself
- Frank Wilkinsonself
- Elaine Youngself
- Mike Davisself
- Budy Colletteself
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- Morgan NevilleDirector
- Harry PallenbergDirector
- Morgan NevilleWriter
- Harry PallenbergWriter
- Jardy MokriskiEditor
- David HockneyProducer
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