Review of Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) by Walter M — 12 Jan 2005
[font=Century Gothic][color=darkorange]"Los Angeles Plays Itself" was a great documentary that was released last year. It was on the surface an examination of how the city of Los Angeles has been portrayed in films over the years. But it's also a lesson in history, politics, geography and architecture.[/color][/font].
[color=#ff8c00]The reason I'm bringing up this film now is that the filmmaker was wondering why Los Angeles' Union Station has been the scene of so many kidnappings in movies, most notably in Nick of Time(1995). (I was in Union Station in September and I didn't notice any sort of nefarious activity going on.) Which brings me to...[/color][color=#ff8c00]Sunday night's season premiere of "24" which did also feature a kidnapping at Union Station.(And don't even get me started on the detour through Three Days of the Condor which led up to that...)[/color].
[color=#ff8c00](I won't try to bring up television in this journal unless it has some connection to movies.) [/color].
This review of Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) was written by Walter M on 12 Jan 2005.
Los Angeles Plays Itself has generally received very positive reviews.
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