A Marilyn impersonator haunts Hollywood's corpse while the city forgets its own ghosts.
The Californian sun, which lights up the city, lights up again every evening in cinemas all over the world". Guided by these words from Blaise Cendrars, L.A. L.A. END is a stroll through Los Angeles, among the remnants of Hollywood's Golden Age. Following in the footsteps of a Marilyn Monroe lookalike, we meet a gallery of characters who paint a sensitive portrait of a bygone era that gradually becomes a portrait of a woman.
Cinematography
Golden hour worship that makes ruin look gorgeous.
Direction
Stoman lets her Marilyn lead us like a melancholy spirit guide.
Director
Chantal Stoman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cendrars' quote about cinema lighting up nightly becomes darkly ironic—Hollywood now projects itself to itself, endlessly.
The 'creation myths' keyword is doing heavy lifting: this isn't history, it's how LA keeps re-birthing itself from its own ashes.
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