LOCAL>> Mick LaSalle - Dream State (Online Event)

Nothing has contributed more to the mythology of California than the movies. Longtime San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick LaSalle‘s Dream State is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State, presenting a bold dissection of the California dream and its hypnotizing effect on the modern world.

The opposite of a dry historical primer, Dream State is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State, with LaSalle’s unmistakable contrarian humor as the guide. His writing—unerringly perceptive and resistant to cliche—brings clarity to the haze of Hollywood reverie.

He leaps effortlessly between genres and generations, moving with ease from Double Indemnity to the first two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Boyz N the Hood to Booksmart. There are natural disasters, heinous crimes, dubious utopias, dangerous romances, and unforgettable nights.