Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

IMDb 7.0 1995 • 91 min • Documentary

Director

Harry Pallenberg

Country

US

Plot Summary

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own history. Against a backdrop of never-before-seen archival footage, Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of "Angelinos" who guide the film through their own past as well as the city's. We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar, Actor/writer Buck Henry's tour of Hollywood fakery, Jazzman Buddy Collette's trip down Central Avenue, Historian Mike Davis' tour of LA's eventual Armageddon, and writer Joan Didion's take on LA's own ephemerality. From the Beaches to the Valley, "Shotgun Freeway" will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed.

Top Cast

Joan Didion
Joan Didion self
James Ellroy
James Ellroy self
Buck Henry
Buck Henry self
John Milius
John Milius self
David Hockney
David Hockney self