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13423820, Triple A+ answer
Posted by Bambino Grande, Fri Feb-12-21 03:09 PM
>way too many different pockets with different vibes and their
>own internal cultures. I don't think there's been one move
>that you could say has captured LA.
>
>you got your hood movies, like Boyz, Menace, Baby Boy
>
>East LA stuff like American Me, Blood in Bood out, Boulevard
>Nights
>
>More centered stuff like The Wood, and Dope (Ingewood, Ladera)
>or Mi Vida Loca, and Quinenera and brush on Gentrification of
>Echo Park a bit
>
>Drive around crime stuff like Training Day or Harsh Times, End
>of Watch..
>
>Swingers captured the experience pretty good of a sizable
>swath of people who came to LA to work in Hollywood
>
>Boogie Nights covered the valley porn scene
>
>Lords of Dogwtown tried to capture the grittiness of 70s
>venice but failed to match the documentary.
>
>then you got your LA Noir stuff (La Confidential
>Leboswki,China Town)
>
>then you got try too hard movies that think they break down LA
>(Crash, Grand Canyon) and i guess for some it feels dead on.
>Short Cuts did a pretty good job though.
>
>Ikemoses mentioned They Live once as a pretty good commentary
>on the divide of los angeles
>
>Shit, i remember watching the party in Super Bad and thought
>how dead on it was of a Vallley party. but even in the valley
>you could break it down to who knows how many parts
>
>So yeah.. White Men Can't Jump. I'm going with that lol