city: santa monica
aero theatre
from donnie darko posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Here's the Aero theatre in Santa Monica where Jena Malone sleeps through her entire date with Donnie Darko and where Frank wormholes his way in next to them and finally reveals himself.
Donnie: Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?
Frank: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
The theatre was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1940 and the possibly apocryphal (is that redundant?) story is that it was open 24 hours for the Douglas Aircraft employees working around the clock during the war. It's still open and had a restoration in 2005.
view full location details...zucky’s
from thomas pynchon, inherent vice posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Many of the 1960s-era California hangouts in Pynchon's Inherent Vice are fictional, but the Santa Monica delicatessen Zucky's is an actual place (or at least it was until it closed in 1993 after nearly forty years).
Doc eats here with Fritz in chapter seven, and the deli is packed with 'Marcus Welby M.D. freaks' who frequent the place because of the brief shot of Zucky's exterior in the show's intro. He has an apparent case of the munchies ordering 'the usual Zuckyburger and fries, and rolled beef on rye, and potato salad and Dr. Brown's Cel-Rays plus another bowl of pickles and sauerkraut...' and later Doc eats an entire chocolate cream pie here by himself in the last chapter.
view full location details...hot dog on a stick
from that dog., spike jonze posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
Los Angeles band that dog. plays in and around the Hot Dog on a Stick by the Santa Monica pier in the video Spike Jonze directed for "Old Timer."
Watch "Old Timer"