Los Angeles plays itself

Part one : Credits ; Another way to look at movies ; Reality and representation ; Locations ; Hollywood ; "L.A." and "the industry" ; The city as background: the city with no name ; The Bradbury Building ; The decline of public spaces ; Benign lies ; Geographic license and literalism ; Landmarks ; Disaster movies; The city as character: James M. Cain ; A brighter world ; Film noir ; Things that aren't any more ; Bunker Hill

Part two : High tourist/low tourist ; The outside men: Deray, Antonioni, Demy ; The city as subject: Chinatown ; Modes of transportation ; Downtown vs. the suburbs ; Blade Runner ; L.A. Confidential ; Cops ; The provincialism of over-privilege ; Neorealism.