When we arrived in LA over thirty years ago we faced the familiar challenges of seeking our fame and fortune. The story of small town youth exposed to big city life. This was a major theme in the literature of 19th century Europe. Specifically French and English authors, like Balzac and Dickens. Raw youth coming to dazzling London or Paris.
The concept wasn't as artistically popular in the last century, but it did appear in films, such as Midnight Cowboy, Barry Lindon, or Pretty Woman.
The situation still exists. We once made short movies along those lines. Yesterday Dante showed her son, a film-maker just starting out, "L. A. Ramble", where I provide a voiceover as my brother Matt took brief shots of the immense city as we drove through it.
Apparently Amedeo liked watching our vintage efforts. It's available on YouTube.