Los Angeles marijuana ordinances; the Gold Line extension opens this weekend--we take you on an audio tour. It's FilmWeek on AirTalk. KPCC critics discuss the week's releases, including 2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Pirate Radio, plus a look back at the films of renowned cinematographers László and Vilmos.
"Joint" committee takes up pot ordinance... again
LA is taking another stab at regulating the city’s approximately 1000 medical pot dispensaries. The City Attorney and City Council have finished their fifth rewrite of a new ordinance, which aims to prohibit pot shops from operating within 1000 feet of schools, churches, parks and other dispensaries. What impact will this have on existing collectives? And when will the city crack down on illegal operations?
Guests:
Ed Reyes, Los Angeles City Councilman, 1st District
David Berger, Special Assistant to LA City Attorney Carmen Trutanich
Joe Elford, Chief Counsel, Americans for Safe Access Now
Gold Line East opens this weekend
For years, the Eastside of LA has been waiting for its rail line. This weekend Metro will finally open the Gold Line Eastside extension. Larry took a tour of the line and finds out how it fits into LA's overall transportation vision.
Guests:
Steve Hymon, former transportation reporter for the Los Angeles Times, currently working on transportation-related writing projects for Metro and local politicians
Dennis Mori, Executive Officer, Project Management for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Mark Marcus, Metro train driver on the Eastside line
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com discuss the week’s new film releases including 2012, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Pirate Radio, Endgame, TEN9EIGHT: Shoot For The Moon, and Women In Trouble, among others.
Guests:
Lael Loewenstein, Variety
Henry Sheehan, HenrySheehan.com
Charles Solomon, animation critic and historian for amazon.com
No subtitles necessary: the cinematography of László and Vilmos
The documentary "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos" follows the lives of two renowned cinematographers. In 1967, film students László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond escaped to Hollywood from war-torn Hungary. Starting with work on low-budget movies, the two each would go on to shoot the films that defined American New Wave, including "Easy Rider", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Five Easy Pieces", "McCabe and Mrs. Miller", and "Paper Moon."
"No Subtitles Necessary" airs Tuesday, November 17 on PBS and Thursday, November 19th on KCET.
Guests:
Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, the subject of "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos." He won an Academy Award for cinematography for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
James Chressanthis, ASC, director and producer of "No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos"