Yes! And it wasn’t made as pastiche! They were serious - so yeah exactly this, thanks for the right words - LaLa Land the same, Atomic Blonde etc… & not only isolation in LA but isolation in fake, shallow yet no connection with that isolation even… Very zeitgeisty like a rhizome of LA l, like digital film technology itself: these things alone do not quantify it as “good”, it’s meta repetition like throwaway non durable plastic… He is like a west side d***head playing at East Los or white boy Proud Boy.The romanticism of a fake world; play acting experiences no longer possible. Heartless pastiche. Isolation in one of the worlds largest cities. Its very zeitgeisty