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Thom Anderson Tarnishes the Silver: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF

December 7, 2009 – 3:46 pm

5-laJust a couple of weeks ago I went to see Thom Anderson’s 2003 cine-essay—a documentary, in other words—and failed to do so. The video is a dense and nearly unrelenting 169-minutes of footage culled from hundreds of different films which, set to pleasantly acerbic narration, exposes the more menacing illusions and distortions cultivated by the mainstream picture racket.

By Peter Moysaenko | Posted in Film | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)