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In
City of Angels,
Coleman, Zippel,
and Gelbart spoof
the private eye
movies of the
1940's. The story
follows Stein,
a fiction writer
in Hollywood trying
to adapt his own
detective novel
into a screenplay.
As the action
begins, we meet
Stone, Stein's
detective, in
the hospital with
a bullet wound.
As Stone relates
the story of his
injury, Stein
begins to rewrite
his story. As
he rewrites, the
"movie"
is rewound and
the actors move
and speak backwards.
As Stein buries
himself in the
fantasy world
of his detective
story, however,
his personal life
begins to fall
apart. When his
wife leaves him,
he must make some
decisions about
what is really
important in his
life. |
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