Los Angeles Plays Itself - Los Angeles Plays Itself - Blu-ray

Never before available on home video, Thom Andersen's landmark documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF explores the tangled relationship between the movies and their fabled hometown as seen entirely though the films themselves. From it's distinctive neighborhoods to it's architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath. Newly remastered and finally available to own, LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF is an extraordinary documentary, unlike any that has come before or since.