Welcome to LA (1976)

This is like our third intro episode in the Rudolph series, but this time we're really getting started. It's his first big swing, setting the precedent for a unique vision of his own, it's WELCOME TO LA. We go over some stuff on Nashville, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, this time focusing on Rudolph's hand in those productions. We talk about Lion's Gate, Rudolph influencing Altman, the responses that this film has. Overall, we give this one a ton of praise for its style, the way it uses the medium of film, conventions of genre, and strange camera spiking throughout to evoke a mood that we've never really seen before - but also have seen throughout the history of film. It's time to lock in because we are in full on Rudolph mode.

Special thank you to Richard Baskin for communicating with us, we don't mention in this episode, but he helped us with some of the music in the edit, you might see something else related to him soon. Special thanks as well to Dan Sallitt, who wrote so much wonderful stuff on Rudolph - and to Jason Miller for being our guide through these films, as well as additional readings.

Este's NEW Website:
https://estebannoel.com/

Dan Sallitt's writing:
https://sallitt.blogspot.com/2016/08/alan-rudolph-1985.html
https://sallitt.blogspot.com/2022/01/alan-rudolph-only-true-romantic-left-in.html

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