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ethereal_reality · #**63721** Posted **Jan 17, 2026, 10:36 PM**

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I don't subscribe to the Los Angeles Times so I can't view 101 movie list.

Is Jacques Demy's Model Shop on the list, if so, where?

IMDB

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Bristolian · #**63722** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 4:09 AM**

#71

The writeup:

From a vista point in the hills above Sunset, Gary Lockwood’s broke architect George admires the “baroque harmony” of L.A. in temporary French transplant Jacques Demy’s urban travelogue of disenchantment and dreams. George drives his vintage MG around town, from a Venice Beach shack to the gridded, sunlit reality of storefront Hollywood. As Vietnam and the repo man loom, hustling the 1960s to the exit, a balmy day in the basin makes for a poetically existential way station. Though a flop in 1969, Demy’s mesmerizing SoCal mood piece has since earned its time-capsule status (Tarantino’s a fan).

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/list/best-los-angeles-movies

I'm curious about the house with the oil pump in the front yard?

Scott Charles · #**63723** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 11:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I don’t subscribe to the Los Angeles Times so I can’t view 101 movie list.

Please try this link, _er_:

https://archive.ph/rpea9

And yes, Model Shop is on the list.

Scott Charles · #**63724** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 11:53 AM**

PS: I can’t get the “SHOW MORE” links to work in any browser - not in Firefox, not in Chrome, not in Safari, not in Opera.

Are the “SHOW MORE” links working for anybody here?

odinthor · #**63725** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 12:13 PM**

Same for me, opening it as a non-subscriber; and you can add not in Edge to that list. (But the link works for me as a subscriber.)

ethereal_reality · #**63726** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 5:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Scott Charles

Please try this link, _er_:

https://archive.ph/rpea9

And yes, Model Shop is on the list.

The link doesn't work, it just says SERVER ERROR.

Would anyone feel like typing 'cut and paste-ing' the list?....I keep forgetting we're in the 21 century)

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ethereal_reality · #**63727** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 6:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bristolian

#71

The writeup:

From a vista point in the hills above Sunset, Gary Lockwood’s broke architect George admires the “baroque harmony” of L.A. in temporary French transplant Jacques Demy’s urban travelogue of disenchantment and dreams. George drives his vintage MG around town, from a Venice Beach shack to the gridded, sunlit reality of storefront Hollywood. As Vietnam and the repo man loom, hustling the 1960s to the exit, a balmy day in the basin makes for a poetically existential way station. Though a flop in 1969, Demy’s mesmerizing SoCal mood piece has since earned its time-capsule status (Tarantino’s a fan).

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/list/best-los-angeles-movies

I'm curious about the house with the oil pump in the front yard?

Thanks for the information, Bristolian...I loved reading their description of Model Shop.

If I remember correctly, the oil well is to the side of the ratty bungalow, not in front of it.

And there might have been a mini-railspur between the oil well and the bungalow but there doesn't appear to be much room for it.

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HossC · #**63728** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Would anyone feel like typing 'cut and paste-ing' the list?....I keep forgetting we're in the 21 century)

It's very difficult to cut/paste from the LAT site due to the formatting, but someone kindly reposted the list on Reddit:

1. Chinatown (1974)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
4. Clueless (1995)
5. Blade Runner (1982)
6. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
7. Boogie Nights (1997)
8. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
9. Double Indemnity (1944)
10. Killer of Sheep (1978)
11. The Long Goodbye (1973)
12. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)
13. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
14. Heat (1995)
15. L.A. Confidential (1997)
16. The Player (1992)
17. Magnolia (1999)
18. Short Cuts (1993)
19. Nightcrawler (2014)
20. Pulp Fiction (1994)
21. Collateral (2004)
22. The Big Lebowski (1998)
23. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
24. Safe (1995)
25. Jackie Brown (1997)
26. Tangerine (2015)
27. Mildred Pierce (1945)
28. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
29. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
30. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
31. Speed (1994)
32. Training Day (2001)
33. Drive (2011)
34. A Star Is Born (1954)
35. La La Land (2016)
36. The Exiles (1961)
37. The Graduate (1967)
38. Licorice Pizza (2021)
39. A Star Is Born (1937)
40. The Big Sleep (1946)
41. Friday (1995)
42. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
43. They Live (1988)
44. Body Double (1984)
45. Die Hard (1988)
46. Mosquita y Mari (2012)
47. Spa Night (2016)
48. Strange Days (1995)
49. Ed Wood (1994)
50. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
51. Miracle Mile (1988)
52. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
53. L.A. Story (1991)
54. Love & Basketball (2000)
55. Real Women Have Curves (2002)
56. Shampoo (1975)
57. Stand and Deliver (1988)
58. Swingers (1996)
59. Valley Girl (1983)
60. Blood In Blood Out (1993)
61. In a Lonely Place (1950)
62. Barton Fink (1991)
63. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
64. Point Break (1991)
65. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
66. Mi Vida Loca (1993)
67. The Limey (1999)
68. Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
69. The Driver (1978)
70. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
71. Model Shop (1969)
72. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
73. Her (2013)
74. El Norte (1983)
75. Inland Empire (2006)
76. Repo Man (1984)
77. S.O.B. (1981)
78. To Sleep With Anger (1990)
79. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
80. The Karate Kid (1984)
81. Falling Down (1993)
82. Point Blank (1967)
83. Mur Murs (1981)
84. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
85. Quinceañera (2006)
86. One of Them Days (2025)
87. Inherent Vice (2014)
88. The Bling Ring (2013)
89. Against All Odds (1984)
90. Bowfinger (1999)
91. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
92. The Crimson Kimono (1959)
93. Volcano (1997)
94. The Outside Man (1972)
95. Less Than Zero (1987)
96. Smog (1962)
97. Demolition Man (1993)
98. Xanadu (1980)
99. Death Becomes Her (1992)
100. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
101. Babylon (2022)

BTW. The "Show More" works fine for me on Firefox and I'm not a subscriber.

HossC · #**63729** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal

And before that he had nice roles in What's Up, Doc? and The Last Picture Show.

I guessing that John Hillerman's accent in The Last Picture Show was his native Texan accent. I must admit that it came as a bit of surprise to me as I didn't see the movie until long after knowing him with an RP British accent in Magnum PI!

Scott Charles · #**63730** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 8:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The link doesn’t work, it just says SERVER ERROR.

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I just tried it now, and it’s still working. Did you “click the button to prove you’re not a robot” button, _er_?

Scott Charles · #**63731** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 8:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC

BTW. The "Show More" works fine for me on Firefox and I'm not a subscriber.

Odd. I just rebooted Firefox with all addons deactivated, and it still didn't work.

Martin Pal · #**63732** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

I'm guessing that John Hillerman's accent in The Last Picture Show was his native Texan accent. I must admit that it came as a bit of surprise to me as I didn't see the movie until long after knowing him with an RP British accent in Magnum PI!
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I can see that, heh!!! Peter Bogdanovich had a repertory of actors he cast in many of his movies: Cybill Shepherd, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Ben Gazzara, John Hillerman, Randy Quaid.

I got to see John Hillerman in person once. I attended a taping of The Betty White Show in 1977. John Hillerman played Betty White's ex-husband and the director of her show. (Betty played an actress who was the lead in a cop show, a la Police Woman.) Georgia Engel was also in this and played her best friend.

It lasted 14 episodes. It was promising, but never gelled, I guess. I didn't even have a TV at that time until after the show was cancelled. About ten years ago a friend of mine got some discs of all the episodes...I guess they'd aired on TV Land once...and we watched them.

Martin Pal · #**63733** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

.Is Jacques Demy's Model Shop on the list?
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I'd never seen this before until I saw the episode of Mad Men where Jon Hamm's character is in a theatre watching this film and they show a car turning off Sunset onto La Cienega and that made me want to see it. Now I own it. I'd never heard of an enterprise (Model Shop) like that before, either.

Martin Pal · #**63734** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 9:21 PM**

By the way, E_R, your former bungalow on Hancock Ave. is currently for rent, if you're of a mind to do so.

ethereal_reality · #**63735** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 9:46 PM**

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I wonder what they're asking for rent nowadays?

If I remember correctly I paid less than $500. (mind you that was for 1/2 of the bungalow)

All three bungalows are divided in half, length-wise. . . one bedroom in ea. plus smallish kitchen and a living room (with high wooden rafters)

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Martin Pal · #**63736** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 11:22 PM**

$2000-$2500.

Martin Pal · #**63737** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 11:23 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC

It's very difficult to cut/paste from the LAT site due to the formatting, but someone kindly reposted the list on Reddit.

Thanks, HossC. And because I want to, and prefer it, I'm alphabetizing it:

Against All Odds (1984)

Babylon (2022)
Barton Fink (1991)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Bling Ring (2013)
Blood In Blood Out (1993)
Body Double (1984)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Bowfinger (1999)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Chinatown (1974)
Clueless (1995)
Collateral (2004)
The Crimson Kimono (1959)

Death Becomes Her (1992)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
Demolition Man (1993)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Die Hard (1988)
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Drive (2011)
The Driver (1978)

Ed Wood (1994)
El Norte (1983)
The Exiles (1961)

Falling Down (1993)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Friday (1995)

The Graduate (1967)

Heat (1995)
Her (2013)

In a Lonely Place (1950)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Inland Empire (2006)

Jackie Brown (1997)

The Karate Kid (1984)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Story (1991)
La La Land (2016)
Less Than Zero (1987)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
The Limey (1999)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
Love & Basketball (2000)

Magnolia (1999)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Miracle Mile (1988)
Mi Vida Loca (1993)
Model Shop (1969)
Mosquita y Mari (2012)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mur Murs (1981)

Nightcrawler (2014)

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)
One of Them Days (2025)
The Outside Man (1972)

The Player (1992)
Point Blank (1967)
Point Break (1991)
Pulp Fiction (1994)

Quinceañera (2006)

Real Women Have Curves (2002)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Repo Man (1984)

Safe (1995)
Shampoo (1975)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Short Cuts (1993)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Smog (1962)
S.O.B. (1981)
Spa Night (2016)
Speed (1994)
Stand and Deliver (1988)
A Star Is Born (1937)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Strange Days (1995)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Swingers (1996)

Tangerine (2015)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
They Live (1988)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
To Sleep With Anger (1990)
Totally F***ed Up (1993)
Training Day (2001)

Under the Silver Lake (2018)

Valley Girl (1983)
Volcano (1997)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Xanadu (1980)

Y & Z not represented!

Martin Pal · #**63738** Posted **Jan 18, 2026, 11:37 PM**

By Decade:

2025 - One of Them Days (86)
2022 - Babylon (101)
2021 - Licorice Pizza (38)

2019 - Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (12)
2018 - Under the Silver Lake (84)
2016 - La La Land (35)
2016 - Spa Night (47)
2015 - Tangerine (26)
2014 - Nightcrawler (19)
2014 - Inherent Vice (87)
2013 - Her (73)
2013 - The Bling Ring (88)
2012 - Mosquita y Mari (46)
2011 - Drive (33)

2006 - Inland Empire (75)
2006 - Quinceañera (85)
2004 - Collateral (21)
2003 - Los Angeles Plays Itself’ (06)
2002 - Real Women Have Curves (55)
2001 - Mulholland Drive (02)
2001 - Training Day (32)
2001- The Fast and the Furious (65)
2001 - Dogtown and Z-Boys (100)
2000 - Love & Basketball (54)

1999 - Magnolia (17)
1999 - The Limey (67)
1999 - Bowfinger (90)
1998 - The Big Lebowski (22)
1998 - Slums of Beverly Hills (68)
1997 - Boogie Nights (07)
1997 - L.A. Confidential (15)
1997 - Jackie Brown (25)
1997 - Volcano (93)
1996 - Swingers (58)
1995 - Clueless (04)
1995 - Heat (14)
1995 - Safe (24)
1995 - Friday (41)
1995 - Strange Days (48)
1995 - Devil in a Blue Dress (70)
1994 - Pulp Fiction (20)
1994 - Speed (31)
1994 - Ed Wood (49)
1993 - Short Cuts (18)
1993 - Blood In Blood Out (60)
1993 - Mi Vida Loca (66)
1993 - Totally F***ed Up (79)
1993 - Falling Down (81)
1993 - Demolition Man (97)
1992 - The Player (16)
1992 - Becomes Her (99)
1991 - Boyz n the Hood (13)
1991 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (30)
1991 - L.A. Story (53)
1991 - Barton Fink (62)
1991 - Point Break (64)
1990 - To Sleep With Anger (78)

1988 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (23)
1988 - The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (42)
1988 - They Live (43)
1988 - Die Hard (45)
1988 - Miracle Mile (51)
1988 - Stand and Deliver (57)
1987 - Less Than Zero (95)
1985 - To Live and De in L.A. (50)
1984 - Body Double (44)
1984 - Repo Man (76)
1984 - The Karate Kid (80)
1984 - Against All Odds (89)
1984 - Beverly Hills Cop (91)
1983 - Valley Girl (59)
1983 - El Norte (74)
1982 - Blade Runner (05)
1982 - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (28)
1981 - S.O.B. (77)
1981 - Mur Murs (83)
1980 - Xanadu (98)

1978 - Killer of Sheep (10)
1978 - The Driver (69)
1975 - Shampoo (56)
1974 - Chinatown (01)
1974 - A Woman Under the Influence (29)
1973 - The Long Goodbye (11)
1972 - The Outside Man (94)

1969 - Model Shop (71)
1967 - The Graduate (37)
1967 - Point Blank (82)
1962 - Smog (96)
1961 - The Exiles (36)

1959 - The Crimson Kimono (92)
1955 - Rebel Without a Cause (52)
1955 - Kiss Me Deadly (63)
1954 - A Star Is Born (34)
1952 - Singin’ in the Rain (08)
1950 - Sunset Boulevard (03)
1950 - In a Lonely Place (61)

1946 - The Big Sleep (40)
1945 - Mildred Pierce (27)
1944 - Double Indemnity (09)

1937 - A Star Is Born (39)

1924 - Sherlock Jr. (72)

ethereal_reality · #**63739** Posted **Jan 19, 2026, 2:27 AM**

EXCELLENT!

...Thanks so much, Martin Pal.

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Bristolian · #**63740** Posted **Jan 19, 2026, 4:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Thanks for the information, Bristolian...I loved reading their description of Model Shop.

If I remember correctly, the oil well is to the side of the ratty bungalow, not in front of it.

And there might have been a mini-railspur between the oil well and the bungalow but there doesn't appear to be much room for it.
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The IMDB filming location for George's house is 15 Outrigger Street, Marina Del Rey, seen near center here. None of the old buildings from 1969 remain.

Google Maps

This shot from about 1930 of the same area shows a lot of oil drilling activity.

https://www.marinadelreyhistoricalsociety.org/oil-boom-1929-1930/

I think there's a good chance that is the location. None of the other IMDB locations seem as likely as this.