And when you read accounts of Los Angeles at the turn of the century and the years beyond, you can see how the car was such a natural partner for Los Angeles.ĬHANG: A natural partner for Hollywood, too - the car meant Hollywood could deliver its products straight to drivers.Īll right, Patt, where are we heading to next? You're our tour guide.
Mulholland drive la full#
MORRISON: I have to say, the privacy to go courting - you read the newspapers of the teens and '20s, and they're full of sermons about the sin of the automobile. So how did car culture change how people interacted with each other? I mean, what I'm thinking is a car - it finally meant privacy, right? You didn't have to sneak a kiss in the parlor room anymore. During the 1920s, the number of cars registered in LA County alone multiplied fivefold. MORRISON: You know, what is this town about? It's about oil, aviation and real estate.Īnd as roads like Mulholland sprung up, car culture went wild. And so you had developers who said, if we put this highway at this elevated spot - so beautiful, the views on both sides - we're going to sell real estate.ĬHANG: Oh, so it was just a conveyor belt to get real estate clients.
But every hillside, every mountain was an opportunity to sell real estate. MORRISON: Los Angeles 120-some years ago was a big place that was still a small town. LEE GRANT: (As Louise Bonner) Someone is in trouble.ĬHANG: In some sense, Mulholland Drive embodied the ambitions of the city a century ago, a road that was meant to showcase the real estate potential perched in the Hollywood Hills. NAOMI WATTS: (As Betty Elms) Yes? May I help you?
Mulholland drive la movie#
This is a story that stretches back to the 1920s, when Mulholland Drive was just being carved into the Hollywood Hills, long before it would star in films like David Lynch's 2001 movie named after the road itself. This city's obsession with the automobile drove its development. And so you get that great magical vibe already.ĬHANG: Now, before we get any further, I should say that while this story is about romance inside cars, it's also about LA's love affair with cars because these make out spots offer a vantage point into the city's centurylong sprawl. There's the Capitol Records building, for goodness sake. MORRISON: Yeah, we would see the lights of downtown Los Angeles. Patt, like, if you and I were canoodling right now in the backseat, kind of gazing out the windshield. 1 make out spot in LA according to Yelp - yes, they actually rate these - is this turnoff on Mulholland Drive. She is a longtime Angeleno and LA Times columnist, and today she is our tour guide to some of the city's top make out spots. I am cozying up with Patt Morrison in the backseat of a Mazda SUV.
MORRISON: I'm feeling 16 years old again. And I'm talking about parking in both senses of the word people, if you catch my drift - parking not just as in where you leave your car, but parking as in where you would not leave your car at all.ĬHANG: I mean, I think I'd put my arm across the seat over and. Los Angeles, where I live, is a car-obsessed city, and that means parking is a way of life here.
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