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Welcome to L.A.
Welcome to L.A. is a 1976 film directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Keith Carradine and an ensemble cast. The film focuses on themes of romantic despair and shallowness in the decadent upper class during the 1970s, illustrated through a "La Ronde"-like circle of sexual adventures and failed affairs revolving around a womanizing songwriter, his businessman father, and their associates.
Plot.
Celebrity musician Eric Wood (Richard Baskin) plans to record an album of songs written by Carroll Barber (Carradine), who has been
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- Viveca Lindfors as Susan Moore
- Denver Pyle as Carl Barber
- John Considine as Jack Goode
- Richard Baskin as Eric Wood
- Diahnne Abbott as Jeannette Ross
Critical reception.
"Welcome to L.A" garnered critical acclaim. Jack Kroll of "Newsweek" described the film as an "extraordinary debut" for Rudolph, continuing that the director "does a remarkable job of weaving this gallery of neurotics into a vivid pattern of sharp, distilled performances." Kroll also considered Rudolph's work