An exploration and analysis of how 1991's Point Break and Terminator 2 are linked not only by their respective filmmakers, Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron, but also seemingly by the canals, creeks and channels of the connecting Los Angeles River.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:37 1990
3:32 Los Angeles
9:17 Point Break
11:50 Johnny & Bohdi
17:13 Terminator Blue
19:10 1991
24:29 The LA River
27:39 Some Romance There
31:10 Credits
Biblio:
Undoing Violence: Politics, Genre and Duration in Kathryn Bigelow’s Cinema - Caetlin Benson-Allott, Film Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (2010)
James Cameron: ‘The Downside of Being Attracted to Independent Women is That They Don’t Need You’ - Hadley Freeman, The Guardian (2017)
What Do Pictures Want? - W. J. T. Mitchell (2005)
Ballona Creek - Film Oblivion (2019)
Location, Location, Location? #9 - Beyond the Marquee (2013)
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