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L.A. Story (1991)
★ 6.5 · 380 ratings on TMDB
Something funny is happening in L.A.
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
DirectorMick Jackson
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L.A. Story keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing superficiality, meaning, love, media, culture.
zero-distanceUSsuperficialitymeaninglovemediaculture
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