Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995)
Drives through Lost L.A.
91 min
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.
- Release date
- March 1, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Bob Gremore
Cast
- Nick Beck as Self
- Buddy Collette as Self
- Bert Corona as Self
- Margaret Crawford as Self
- Mike Davis as Self
- Joan Didion as Self
- James Ellroy as Self
- Buck Henry as Self
- David Hockney as Self
- Gene Norman as Self
Crew
- Morgan Neville · Director
- Harry Pallenberg · Director
- Morgan Neville · Writer
- Harry Pallenberg · Writer
- Morgan Neville · Producer
- Harry Pallenberg · Producer
- Bob Gremore · Composer
- David Morrison · Cinematographer
- Jordan Mokriski · Editor