Comments on: Alternate Film Canon: Los Angeles http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/ I will not explain what this weblog is all about in a few words. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:29:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Gavin http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-111 Gavin Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:36:13 +0000 #comment-111 <p>I must add "Free Enterprise" which is a nice little romantic comedy a bit like "Swingers" meets... my sad, Trekkie middle school years.</p> <p>Also, "Grand Canyon" as the "Fail Safe" to LA Story's Dr. Strangelove. (See all four films and report back on what that means).</p> I must add “Free Enterprise” which is a nice little romantic comedy a bit like “Swingers” meets… my sad, Trekkie middle school years.

Also, “Grand Canyon” as the “Fail Safe” to LA Story’s Dr. Strangelove. (See all four films and report back on what that means).

]]> By: Jill http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-110 Jill Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:27:24 +0000 #comment-110 <p>Oh, I forgot. Mulholland Drive would be "David Lynch's kaleidascopic" take on LA, and a damned piece of art if there was one.</p> Oh, I forgot. Mulholland Drive would be “David Lynch’s kaleidascopic” take on LA, and a damned piece of art if there was one.

]]> By: Jill http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-109 Jill Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:26:29 +0000 #comment-109 <p>I second Rebel, Pulp, Stand and Deliver, and Swingers.</p> <p>If you want a book, I recommend Somtow's 'Tagging the Moon,' which might make a great set of movie vignets, since they're all set in this town.</p> I second Rebel, Pulp, Stand and Deliver, and Swingers.

If you want a book, I recommend Somtow’s ‘Tagging the Moon,’ which might make a great set of movie vignets, since they’re all set in this town.

]]> By: clynne http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-108 clynne Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:07:36 +0000 #comment-108 <p>Boys in the Hood Chinatown Stand and Deliver Friday Repo Man</p> <p>Those are, I think, the most LA movies I think of.</p> Boys in the Hood Chinatown Stand and Deliver Friday Repo Man

Those are, I think, the most LA movies I think of.

]]> By: SLS http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-107 SLS Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:14:34 +0000 #comment-107 <p>The Big Sleep - Noir LA Rebel Without a Cause - Hepcat '50s LA Pulp Fiction - Ultraviolent Non-Chronological LA Beverly Hills Cop - '80s Early-Cocaine LA Barfly - Scuzzy Bukowski LA Stand and Deliver - Inspirational East LA Clueless - Mall culture LA</p> The Big Sleep - Noir LA Rebel Without a Cause - Hepcat ’50s LA Pulp Fiction - Ultraviolent Non-Chronological LA Beverly Hills Cop - ’80s Early-Cocaine LA Barfly - Scuzzy Bukowski LA Stand and Deliver - Inspirational East LA Clueless - Mall culture LA

]]> By: cp http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-106 cp Thu, 17 Nov 2005 06:34:23 +0000 #comment-106 <p>Falling Down, definitely. It mixed social commentary and an unconventional tour of Los Angeles very well.</p> <p>Couldn't Volcano have been set in any city without any change to the script? It was set in Los Angeles out of convenience rather than by design.</p> Falling Down, definitely. It mixed social commentary and an unconventional tour of Los Angeles very well.

Couldn’t Volcano have been set in any city without any change to the script? It was set in Los Angeles out of convenience rather than by design.

]]> By: heidi http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-105 heidi Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:52:12 +0000 #comment-105 <p>How about Falling Down? Or Volcano? There's something so fulfilling about seeing LA explode in firey death... :)</p> How about Falling Down? Or Volcano? There’s something so fulfilling about seeing LA explode in firey death… :)

]]> By: nlo http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-104 nlo Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:01:41 +0000 #comment-104 <p>Swingers, for a little slice of '90s L.a. Although the part about taking 5 different cars to get to the same place is always true.</p> Swingers, for a little slice of ’90s L.a. Although the part about taking 5 different cars to get to the same place is always true.

]]> By: Robert http://www.obfuscated.org/2005/11/15/alternate-film-canon-los-angeles/#comment-103 Robert Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:18:46 +0000 #comment-103 <p>LA Story. It's kind of a sucky love story with this weird street sign that talks, but the scene where Steve Martin is driving, shooting at a road rager, and talking on his cell phone simultaneously is priceless. Mulholland Drive has a nice LA atmosphere to it. Of course, there is no competition for The Big Lebow. The worst LA movie ever made is Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.</p> LA Story. It’s kind of a sucky love story with this weird street sign that talks, but the scene where Steve Martin is driving, shooting at a road rager, and talking on his cell phone simultaneously is priceless. Mulholland Drive has a nice LA atmosphere to it. Of course, there is no competition for The Big Lebow. The worst LA movie ever made is Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.

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