Film:

Chinatown
LA Confidential
Training Day
Boys in the Hood
Malibu’s Most Wanted
(500) Days of Summer
The Holiday
Pretty Woman
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Blade Runner
Her
Mulholland Drive
Stand and Deliver
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Battle: Los Angeles
2012

Literature:

Dagoberto Gilb's “Love in LA”
Raymond Chandler, “The Big Sleep”
James Ellroy, “L.A. Quintet”
Yamamoto, “Wilshire Bus”
Charles Bukowski
Chester Himes, “If He Hollers Let Him Go”
Michael Connelly, “Harry Bosch novels”
Philip K. Dick “Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”
Brett Easton Ellison, “Less than Zero”
Screenplays
Movie Star Bios and Autobios

Music:

Charles Mingus
Ornette Coleman
Kendrick Lamar
NWA
Ice Cube
Dr. Dre
The Doors
Guns N’ Roses
Snoop Dog
LA Punk
The Germs
Black Flag
X
Beck
Weezer
Rage Against the Machine
Randy Newman, “I Love L.A.”
Flying Lotus
Odd Future/Tyler/Earl Sweatshirt

Events:

Watts Riots
LA Riots
Zoot Suit Riots
1984 Olympics

Murders:
Black Dahlia
Charles Manson/Sharon Tate
Elisa Lam
Hillside Strangler
OJ Simpson

Movements:

Chicano rights
scientology
New Age
cult – boosters (PR people)…LA as a healing space…
ethnic enclaves, Jonathan Gold, foodie city, Anthony Bourdain

Symbols:

Hollywood sign
sunset
Hollywood walk of fame
LA skyline
Watts Tower
LA River
Skid Row
Broadway
Palm trees

Vibe:

Casual
Sunny
Superficial

Institutions:

UCLA
USC
Getty
Cal Tech
LACMA

Video Games:

GTAV
L.A. Noire
Midnight Club

Architecture:

Art-Deco
Bungalow
Famous Houses/Case Study/Eames/Frank Lloyd Wright
Bradbury Building
L.A. City Hall
LA Live
Chateau Marmont

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