Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)

7.0 91 min Movie
Documentary

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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Cast

Joan Didion Joan Didion self
James Ellroy James Ellroy self
Buck Henry Buck Henry self
John Milius John Milius self
David Hockney David Hockney self
Gene Norman Gene Norman self
Frank Wilkinson Frank Wilkinson self
Elaine Young Elaine Young self
Mike Davis Mike Davis self
Budy Collette Budy Collette self

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