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Interview With Antonio Mendoza

Antonio Mendoza moved to Downtown Los Angeles in 1985 after being impressed by the city of “Blade Runner” and “Eraserhead.” Among the community in what became the Arts District, Mendoza found lifelong friends and a supportive environment for creativity. “We were all in it together,” Mendoza says, adding that Al’s Bar in the American Hotel was the vibrant hub around which the young arts scene revolved. In 1994, Mendoza — a painter and collagist — had a studio in Alberto Miyares’ Clubhouse, a mixture of bar, gallery and gun club across the street from the American. He recounts the time Miyares was hanging with a friend, "the shotgun came out," and one of Mendoza's giant paintings was accidentally sprayed with buckshot. "It was a painting of a woman with a deer head, Mendoza says, "so it worked." Mendoza was interviewed in February 2014 for “Tales of the American,” a documentary feature about the Downtown L.A. Arts District, Al’s Bar and the American Hotel. Filmmakers Pamela Wilson and Stephen Seemayer interviewed more than a hundred artists, musicians, writers and others who lived, worked and partied in and around the American Hotel. They are periodically releasing (in alphabetical order) edited versions of these interviews on this channel. To watch "Tales of the American" on Amazon Prime, go to https://amzn.to/2MyARcA. For links to other streaming services and a message from “Bosch” creator Michael Connelly (executive producer of “Tales of the American”), go to https://www.talesoftheamerican.com.