Shotgun Freeway (1995)

Before LA Confidential there was Shotgun Freeway the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with its own history Against a backdrop of neverbeforeseen archival footage Shotgun Freeway presents a diverse group of Angelinos who guide the film through their own past as well as the citys We get crime scribe James Ellroy reliving his youth as a burglar Actorwriter Buck Henrys tour of Hollywood fakery Jazzman Buddy Collettes trip down Central Avenue Historian Mike Davis tour of LAs eventual Armageddon and writer Joan Didions take on LAs own ephemerality From the Beaches to the Valley Shotgun Freeway will show you a Los Angeles you never knew existed