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L.A. Plays Itself

Country: USA, Language: English, 51 mins

  • Director: Fred Halsted
  • Writer: Fred Halsted
  • Producer: Fred Halsted

CGiii Comment

It's porn...with spurious scenes of nature.

Oh...and, the music is absolutely horrific.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The film opens on a shot of the "Los Angeles City Limits" sign. It then cuts to Fred Halsted taking a walk in the forest and coming upon a man sunning himself in the nude. They briefly talk and end up having passionate sex in the wilderness only to be interrupted by bulldozers destroying the wildlife area in order to build a new suburb. The film suddenly switches to inner city Los Angeles as Halsted and a man from Texas discuss in voice over the problems with modern society and the dishonesty of most people. This is inter-cut with shots of hustlers, bums, vagrants, porn theaters and shops, as well as footage of a man (presumably the Texan) being brutally tortured by Halsted. Eventually the man is bound and left helpless in a closet, a symbol of the violent and trapping nature of Los Angeles. The film ends on shots of newspapers saying that a young man was found dead after being tortured.

Cast & Characters

Jim Frost as Hiker;
Rick Coates as Nature Boy;
Fred Halsted as Ranchero Driver;
Joey Yale as New Kid in Town;
Paul Barresi;
Bob Blount