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Bookmark this pageAngel City (1977)
Director: Jon Jost
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From Time Out Film Guide
American independent Jon Jost must be tired of being compared with Godard, but there's no denying that his Angel City does for Los Angeles some of what Alphaville did for Paris. Both movies use private eye characters to investigate more than mere murder: Jost's Frank Goya ('like the painter') is hired to check out the death of a Hollywood starlet, and winds up identifying the villains as illusionism and monopoly capitalism. The movie is structured as a kind of countdown in twelve numbered sections, ranging in theme and tone from satire of Hollywood to American 'visionary' poetry. Interesting stuff.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Jon Jost
Producer: Jon Jost
Cast: Robert Glaudini, Winifred Golden, Pierce Del Rue, Kathleen Kramer full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 70 mins
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