Los Angeles (2004)

Audience Score
80
Los Angeles
Sarah Morris fifth short documentary film investigates the psychology architecture and aesthetic of the American city It reveals a new cityscape of Los Angeles by tracking its decentered plan complex architecture and most importantly its crucial role as a center of film production Los Angeles posits the city as a hypernarrative within a very distinct duration of time Here the city is caught at its most ebullient and narcissistic moment the week leading up to the Oscars A sequence of images and cinematic situations set to an original musical score range from the rehearsals and preproduction moments of the Academy Awards to a John Lautner house Brad Pitt on the set of Mr And Mrs Smith at Twentieth Century Fox the final taping of Hollywood Squares at CBS the legendary Bonaventure Hotel Pat Kingsley at work IM Peis Creative Artists Agency Mulholland Drive the Department of Water and Power and the Vanity Fair party
DirectorSarah Morris

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 1st, 2004
Original Language:English