so i schlepped on down to IFC center last night to see this film The Exiles. it’s about a group of native americans in their early 20s living the fast life in downtown los angeles in the late 1950s. lots of what you’d expect: fast driving, hard drinking, awesome 50s rock on old jukeboxes, dark streets, smooth slang, menacing cops and drunks. it’s supposedly pretty true to form–the actors are actual people the filmmaker met while hanging around the area. if you live in nyc and have ever enjoyed film noir, bukowski, fante or even kerouac then this film will really be up your alley. go check it out. sadly, bunker hill is no longer home to flop houses and seedy bars. the area was razed in the 1960s and now houses the city’s massive skyscrapers. c’est la vie.
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