When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
Acting
McDormand's raw, unapologetic vitality steals every scene.
Score
Lush, lo-fi indie rock by The Folk Implosion and others.
Production
Laurel Canyon itself—character, setting, and state of mind.
Director
Lisa Cholodenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Lisa Cholodenko lived in Laurel Canyon while writing; Jane's house is based on her actual neighbors. Lou Barlow of The Folk Implosion cameos as Fripp.
Shot in 2002, this captures the last gasp of pre-digital LA bohemia—record stores, analog recording, unstructured time. The canyon's creative cheapness was already vanishing.
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