Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)
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.
Directors: Harry Pallenberg, Morgan Neville.
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Joan Didion as self |
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James Ellroy as self |
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Buck Henry as self |
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John Milius as self |
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David Hockney as self |
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Gene Norman as self |
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Frank Wilkinson as self |
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Elaine Young as self |
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Mike Davis as self |
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Budy Collette as self |
| Directing | Harry Pallenberg | Director |
| Directing | Morgan Neville | Director |
| Writing | Morgan Neville | Writer |
| Writing | Harry Pallenberg | Writer |
| Crew | David Rush Morrison | Cinematography |
| Editing | Jardy Mokriski | Editor |
| Production | David Hockney | Producer |
| Production | Scott King | Executive Producer |
