Hiltzik: These nonfiction writers looked for the future of L.A. Did they find it?

latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-10/these-nonfiction-writers-looked-for-the-future-of-l-a-did-they-find-it

The Los Angeles we know has long been an irresistible subject for novelists and moviemakers — so much so that they’ve often tortured reality to make it conform to their imagination.
Robert Towne mined the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in his screenplay for “Chinatown” but moved the…

This story appeared on latimes.com, 2025-08-10 10:00:00.
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