Description
Book SynopsisThe heart of Hollywood’s star-studded film industry for more than a century, Los Angeles and its abundant and ever-changing locales – from the Santa Monica Pier to the infamous and now-defunct Ambassador Hotel – have set the scene for a wide variety of cinematic treasures, from
Chinatown to
Forrest Gump,
Falling Down to the coming-of-age classic
Boyz n The Hood. This volume marks an engaging citywide tour of the many films shot on location in this birthplace of cinema and the screen spectacle.
World Film Locations: Los Angeles pairs fifty incisive synopses of carefully chosen film scenes – both famous and lesser-known – with an accompanying array of evocative full-colour film stills, demonstrating how motion pictures have contributed to the multifarious role of the city in our collective consciousness, as well as how key cinematic moments reveal aspects of its life and culture that are otherwise largely hidden from view. Insightful essays throughout turn the spotlight on the important directors, thematic elements and historical periods that provide insight into Los Angeles and its vibrant cinematic culture. Rounding out this information are city maps with information on how to locate key features, as well as photographs showing featured locations as they appear now. A guided tour of the City of Angels conducted by the likes of Robert Altman, Nicholas Ray, Michael Mann and Roman Polanski,
World Film Locations: Los Angeles is a concise and user-friendly guide to how Los Angeles has captured the imaginations of both filmmakers and those of us sitting transfixed in theatres worldwide.
Trade ReviewEach of the chapters/Scenes is followed by a succinct but authoritative essay that explores a significant aspect of filmmaking pertinent to the city.
-- Lynn Smailes * Screening the Past *
Table of ContentsMaps/Scenes
Scenes 1-8 – 1923-1955
Scenes 9-16 – 1955-1977
Scenes 17-24 – 1978-1991
Scenes 25-32 – 1991-1994
Scenes 33-41 – 1994-1998
Scenes 42-50 – 1998-2011
Essays
Los Angeles: City of the Imagination – Michael S Duffy
California Slapstick: On Location Film-Making Gets Rolling – Nicola Balkind
Black Dynamite: Film Noir and Los Angeles in the Shadows – Andrew Spicer
Getting Played: Hollywood, South Central and the Space Between – Benjamin Wiggins
Welcome to Hell-A – Martin Zeller-Jacques
Living in A Mann's World: Michael Mann’s L.A. – Wael Khairy
Eurovisions: Alternative Views of the Hollywood Landscape – Michael S Duffy
