Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003, Thom Andersen, 170 minutes, English with Chinese subtitles

Los Angeles Plays Itself is a documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in film, consisting entirely of movie clips accompanied by narration. Andersen’s extraordinary video essay about the tangled relationship between film and its hometown, UCCA will screen a remastered and reedited version produced for the ten-year anniversary of its initial release.Los Angeles Plays Itself is often considered the best documentary about Los Angeles ever made and one of the most important essay films in the history of cinema.