# Thom Andersen
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thom andersen (born 1943 in Chicago) is an American filmmaker, film critic and teacher best known for his works of experimental film, including his 1975 film Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer and the 2003 essay film Los Angeles Plays Itself.
== Biography ==
Andersen attended the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1960s and then returned to his hometown of Los Angeles to attend USC School of Cinematic Arts, where he studied with Arthur Knight and eventually assisted on Knight's project The History of Sex in Cinema. While at USC, Andersen met long-time friend and collaborator Morgan Fisher, who assisted on Andersen's student film Melting, a portrait of a sundae.
S1 Ep. 6: Body and Soul (1947, Robert Rossen)
Join hosts Jason, Anthony, and Tim as they discuss Robert Rossen's Body and Soul, a 1947 boxing film that critic Thom Andersen categorizes as film gris, or socially conscious crime cinema during the film noir years (1940s through the 1950s). Rossen testified at a HUAC hearing in 1951, pleaded the F…
S1 Ep. 7: Force of Evil (1948, Abraham Polonsky)
Join hosts Jason Christian, Anthony Ballas, and Tim Jones as they discuss Abraham Polonsky's debut film Force of Evil, a 1948 crime picture starring John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, and Thomas Gomez. Force of Evil is one of thirteen movies the critic and filmmaker Thom Andersen identifies as film g…
DADAstrology: Gemini Pileup With Martha Fearnley
This month in DADAstrology Land, Astrologers Vivi Henriette and Martha Fearnley attempt to make sense of the pileup of planets in Gemini. This conversation takes place on the eve of the Gemini New Moon, but its subject matter expands further into the chaos realm of Mercury’s airy home. Which is to …
BONUS: Red Hollywood (1996, Thom Andersen)
This episode is a slight departure for this season—and we had fun with it. Rather than taking on a film directed by a blacklisted director, as usual, we're discussing a groundbreaking video essay about blacklisted directors. Thom Andersen's Red Hollywood (1996) discusses several of the directors an…
Architects Vie To Design LGBT Campus; Los Angeles Plays Itself
Back in the mid-1990s, the Los Angeles LGBT Center scrambled to find an architect willing to design for them; but now, top architects are competing to build a brand new campus for the organization. Plus, director Thom Andersen discusses the depiction of Los Angeles and its architecture in his film,…
Episode 77: San Francisco
Moira and Adrian tackle the longstanding conservative fixation on the city of San Francisco, its people and its mores. From demographic anxieties, via Joan Didion's hippie-hate, to disaster movies, doom loops, and progressive prosecutors -- the history of SF-hate is a history of US politics.
Books…
15. Can You Say Velaslavasay?
An interview with Sara Velas, founder, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles.
Intro / Outro: “Heartaches,” Al Bowlly, Sid Phillips & His Melodians
Discussed:
Robert Barker
Ruby Carlson
Mush to the Movies with LAFF
Magical Urbanism
Unrestored Restoration
Hauntology
The Union Square Florist Sho…
How might passive attention impact the world? | "Los Angeles Plays Itself" (2003) d. Thom Andersen
Following recent conversations on the importance of creating authentic art, this week's episode switches focus in discussing Thom Andersen's 2003 documentary, Los Angeles Plays Itself, and reflecting on how significantly inactive attention can not only obfuscate reality but impact society.
We als…
Can Media Depict Reality in the Age of AI? Did It Ever, Really? Discussing the Interplay of Fact & Fiction in ‘Reality Frictions’ - Steve Anderson | #57
A couple plot twists to note with this episode!
First: instead of my usual intro, you’ll notice we’re showing a clip from Steve’s new feature-length video essay/doc Reality Frictions. So I’d strongly recommend that you watch at least the first few minutes on Substack or YouTube. My hope is that doi…
Episode 231: Murs Murs
Murs Murs (1980) directed by Agnes Varda.
When her own mooted U.S. project fell through, Varda found herself stranded back in California, temporarily separated from Demy, and with her seven-year-old son in tow. Rather than give in to disappointment, she got back to work and created Mur Murs and _D…
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