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Screening: Los Angeles Plays Itself

Saturday / 14 / January / 2012 / 1pm

ICA explored the revolutionary potential of film and the cinematic archive with a series of screenings, discussions, and performances presented as part of the exhibition Living Document / Naked Reality: Towards an Archival Cinema.

Screening: Los Angeles Plays Itself
(Dir. Thom Andersen, 2003, 169 min, color, sound.)
@ International House (3701 Chestnut St.)
Thom Andersen's iconic film essay is a sweeping reconstruction of Los Angeles as seen from the countless Hollywood films that use the city as background, character, and subject. The film delves beyond these structural facades to a story of land grabs, deteriorating public transport, and race riots.

This event was followed by a discussion between Chris Cagle, Assistant Professor of Film History and Theory in the Film and Media Arts Department at Temple University, Penn's Rom&eeacute;n de la Campa, Edwin B. and Lenore R. Williams Professor of Romance Languages, and Timothy Corrigan, Professor of English and Cinema Studies at Penn.

In collaboration with International House and Penn Cinema Studies.

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