Los Angeles, like Jared Leto, tends to be one of those divisive entities that provokes responses rarely described as ‘indifferent’. ‘City of Angels’, directed by front-man and method actor Leto, is the singer/actor’s ambitious paean to the city that gifted us with screen legends like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and the cast of The Hills <3.
Featuring cameos from Kanye West, Olivia Wilde, Alan Cumming, Lindsay Lohan, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Juliette Lewis, Corey Feldman, Ashley Olsen, Shaun White, Steve Nash, Lily Collins, a cast of street performers, and the homeless (amongst others), ‘City of Angels’ is a surprisingly heartfelt and captivating music video masquerading as a short film exploring the reality and the (dis)illusion of all that the city represents, set to the kind of soaring, outward-reaching music that demands a full stadium of 18,000 screaming California girls.
