Los Angeles in Film - Lakeview Terrace

Seminar Paper , 2011 , 14 Pages , Grade: 1,7

English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography

This research paper will try to outline what typical features about Los Angeles are disclosed within the movie Lakview Terrace, in how far it utters critique and which general impression about LA is presented. It will in detail look at the presentation of the Los Angeles police force, racial problems and the always imminent threat of natural disaster, in this case represented by a forest fire that is blazing its trail towards the Lakeview Terrace neighborhood.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Racial Problems

3. The Los Angeles Police Force

4. Natural Disasters

5. Conclusion

6. Bibliography

• College: University of Duisburg-Essen (Department of Anglophone Studies)
• Course: Los Angeles in Film
• Grade: 1,7
• Author: B.A. Martin Reinhart (Author)
• Publication Year: 2011
• Pages: 14
• Catalog Number: V187319
• ISBN (eBook): 9783656106227
• ISBN (Book): 9783656106029
• Language: English
• Tags: Los Angeles, Filmanalyse, Film analysis, Lakeview Terrace, Neil LaBute, Samuel L. Jackson