Los Angeles: Fiction vs. reality

How did L.A. invent the world? That was the question posed by a recent Zocalo Public Square panel. Our fearless host Warren Olney ( “Which Way, LA?” and “To the Point”) moderated the panel with some of our favorite filmmakers, including Wim Wenders and John Singleton. Warren asked Singleton if the image of LA is a false one. “It’s manufactured, but it’s also real,” he said, elaborating on the complex identity of the city. Read more from Zocalo Public Square.

Wim Wenders describes the dream-like city in the video below:

What do you think, is the image of Los Angeles the same as the reality?