{"id":8244,"date":"2018-02-08T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/?p=8244"},"modified":"2018-02-09T09:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T09:15:41","slug":"california-movies-films-capture-essence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/lifestyle\/california-movies-films-capture-essence\/","title":{"rendered":"California Movies: 5 Films that Capture the Essence of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curious about California? Curious about movies?<\/h2>\n

Why not combine them and find out more about movies\u00a0 set in California<\/em><\/strong> and some of the filming locations of 5 California movies!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Being the origin of the film industry, California is the home to many film productions and filming locations. It is considered a global trendsetter in popular culture, innovation and politics for example.<\/p>\n

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The San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area are seen as centers of the global technology and entertainment industries, respectively. Here you will find 5 movies set in California<\/em> that best capture the essence of it!<\/p>\n

1. Pulp Fiction<\/h4>\n

\u201cPulp Fiction\u201d<\/em> doesn\u00b4t need presentations.\u00a0<\/em>Written and directed by a young Quentin Tarantino, the film tells a few stories of criminal LA. It is\u00a0a pretty virtuosic piece of filmmaking that also happens to put some mystery back in Los Angeles; it\u2019s set in a real version of the city that doesn\u2019t include Beverly Hills or backlots, just anonymous apartment blocks in North Hollywood, suburban bungalows deep in the Valley, and anonymous diners in the South Bay. Its for sure one of the most iconic LA movies<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2.\u00a0American History X<\/h4>\n

A former neo-nazi skinhead named Derek Vinyard ( Edward Norton) tries to prevent his younger brother Daniel (Edward Furlong) from going down the same wrong path that he did.\u00a0The neighbourhood of the Vinyard family is\u00a0Venice Beach<\/span>, Los Angeles\u2019 Bohemian beachfront community increasingly troubled by gang-related problems. The home is\u00a02206 Meade Place<\/span>, just off Venice Boulevard. The tragic climax happens at Venice High School in LA!<\/p>\n

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Venice High School, 13000 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The Artist<\/h4>\n

\u201cI won\u2018t talk. I won\u2019t say a word.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

With this title card (which proves to be\u00a0very nearly\u00a0true), \u201cThe Artist\u201d<\/em> is a silent movie that takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932, and focuses on the relationship of an older silent film star and a rising young actress. It is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white film, written, directed, and co-edited by Michael Hazanavicius, produced by Thomas Langmann, and stars Jean Dujardin\u00a0and B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Bejo. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards\u00a0and won five including Best picture, best director and Best Actor. This is a California movie!<\/p>\n

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4. Jackie Brown<\/h4>\n

Shooting in the area\u2019s actual dive bars and bail-bond offices, the film offers the kind of pulp-perfect Los Angeles, where career criminals hold court and desperate working-class stiffs concoct escape plans.\u00a0Most of the film\u2019s locations can be found in the less-than-glamorous South Bay area, around Los Angeles International Airport where Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is caught carrying money for gun dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). For example the strip club where Louis Gara (Robert de Niro) picks up Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson) after the money drop it\u00b4s Sam\u00b4s Hofbrau, 1751 East Olympic Boulevard at McGarry Sreet, southeast of downtown. For curiosity, Quentin Tarantino revisits the club in Kill Bill Vol.2, using it as the interior of the \u201cMy Oh My Club\u201d, where Michael Madsen works as a bouncer.<\/p>\n

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5. Drive<\/h4>\n

\u201cDrive\u201d<\/em> is a 2011 American crime thriller film and tells the story of a Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling), that work as a mechanic in the day, and a getaway driver at night. Hossein Amini is the writer and the Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn the director. Its based on James Sallis\u00b42005 novel \u201cDrive\u201d.<\/em> The geography of Los Angeles takes place in all movie, where you can see the driver crossing by car the Sixth street Bridge or waiting in the scruffy industrial area south of downtown LA, on\u00a0East 18th Street for example.<\/p>\n

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Get some inspiration for you home and see some pieces inspired in some of the best Hollywood movies of all time!<\/h5>\n

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If you are a fan of the James Bond<\/strong> world see Monocles sideboard<\/span><\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Audrey rug<\/a>,<\/span> if you like the actress\u00a0Audrey Hepburn!<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you know more movies? Let us know in the comments!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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