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"One of the glories of Los Angeles is its modernist residential architecture, but Hollywood movies have almost systematically denigrated this heritage by casting many of these houses as the residences of movie villains."--Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) by Thom Andersen

"Los Angeles Plays Itself is far from comprehensive—especially since the focus is almost exclusively on the postwar city—and yet it is an excellent example of film criticism in the form of archiveology."--Archiveology (2018) by Catherine Russell

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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) is a video essay by Thom Andersen, exploring the way Los Angeles has been portrayed in movies.

It features excerpts of 110/220 (1999), 52 Pick-Up (1986), A Muddy Romance (1913), A Passion to Kill (1994), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The Outside Man (1972), Airport (1970), American Me (1992), Android (1982), Annie Hall (1977), Anywhere But Here (1999), Armageddon (1998), Armored Car Robbery (1950), Babbitt (1934), Bachelor in Paradise (1961), Bathing Beauty (1944), Pushover (1954), Black Rain (1989), Blade Runner (1982), Blade (1998), Bless Their Little Hearts (1983), Body Double (1984), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Boyz n the Hood (1991), Breathless (1983), Brother (2000), Bugsy (1991), Bush Mama (1979), Chinatown (1974), City of Industry (1997), The Omega Man Clueless (1995), Cobra (1986), Cutter's Way (1981), D.O.A. (1949), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950), He Walked by Night (1948), The Terminator (1984), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), This Gun for Hire (1942), Dead Connection (1994), Dead Homiez (1993), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Death Wish II (1982), Deep Cover (1992), Demolition Man (1993), Der Stand der Dinge (1982), Detour (1945), Die Hard (1988), Double Indemnity (1944), Dragnet 1967 (1967), Dragnet (1954), Dragon Seed (1944), Earthquake (1974), A Star Is Born (1937), Shockproof (1949), El Norte (1983), Escape from L.A. (1996), Falling Down (1993), Female (1933), Freeway (1996), Gone in 60 Seconds (1974), Grand Canyon (1991), Hanging Up (2000), Hard to Kill (1990), HBO First Look: The Making of 'Swordfish' (2001), Heartbreakers (1984), Heat (1995), Hickey & Boggs (1972), Hollywood Boulevard (1976), Hollywood Canteen (1944), Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), Hollywood Confidential (1997), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985), Impulse (1990), Independence Day (1996), Indestructible Man (1956), Internal Affairs (1990), Into the Night (1985), Invisible Invaders (1959), Flareup (1969), Jackie Brown (1997), Johnny Eager (1941), Kalifornia (1993), Killer of Sheep (1978), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), L.A. Bounty (1989), L.A. Confidential (1997), L.A. Story (1991), LA Plays Itself (1972), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon (1987), Little Caesar (1931), Love Streams (1984), Act of Violence (1948), Union Station (1950), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), Messiah of Evil (1973), Midnight Madness (1980), Mike's Murder (1984), Mildred Pierce (1945), Miracle Mile (1988), Marlowe (1969), Model Shop (1969), Mulholland Drive (2001), Murder in the First (1995), Nails (1992), Nick of Time (1995), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), Night of the Comet (1984), Night on Earth (1991), Nobody Lives Forever (1946), Nocturne (1946), Suspense (1946), Out of Bounds (1986), Panic in the City (1968), Point Blank (1967), Predator 2 (1990), Psycho (1960), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), Repo Man (1984), Rising Sun (1993), Saboteur (1942), Safe (1995), Criss Cross (1949), Shadow in the Sky (1952), Short Cuts (1993), Sins of the Night (1993), Species (1995), Strange Days (1995), Sudden Impact (1983), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Tango & Cash (1989), Targets (1968), Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964), East of Eden (1955), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), The Atomic City (1952), The Big Lebowski (1998), The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990), The Big Sleep (1946), The Birds (1963), The Black Marble (1980), The Blue Dahlia (1946), The Blue Knight: Pilot (1975), The Choirboys (1977), The Crimson Kimono (1959), The Damned Don't Cry (1950), The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947), The Disorderly Orderly (1964), The Exiles (1961), The First Power (1990), The French Connection (1971), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), The Glimmer Man (1996), The Glitter Dome (1984), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Learning Curve (1999), The Limey (1999), The Long Goodbye (1973), The Loved One (1965), The Marrying Man (1991), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), The Morning After (1986), The Music Box (1932), The Net (1995), The New Centurions (1972), The Next Voice You Hear... (1950), The Night Holds Terror (1955), The Omega Man (1971), The Player (1992), The Public Enemy (1931), The Replacement Killers (1998), The Rookie (1990), The Street with No Name (1948), The Strip (1951), The Takeover (1994), The Terminal Man (1974), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Trip (1967), The Unfaithful (1947), The War of the Worlds (1953), The Way We Were (1973), There Goes My Baby (1994), They Live (1988), Three Smart Girls (1936), Till the End of Time (1946), Timestalkers (1987), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Twilight (1998), Two-Minute Warning (1976), Under the Rainbow (1981), Unlawful Entry (1992), Farewell My Love (1975), Valley Girl (1983), Venice/Venice (1992), Vertigo (1958), Virtuosity (1995), Volcano (1997), What Price Hollywood? (1932), What! No Beer? (1933), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Wolf (1994), Xanadu (1980), Zabriskie Point (1970)

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