Every film written and directed by Mazursky used New York City or Los Angeles as one of its settings. In 1991 the "Los Angeles Times" commented that "No filmmaker has been wiser or funnier about the L.A. cavalcade than Mazursky. It’s not simply a matter of being hip to the scene; what makes such L.A. movies as "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" and "Alex in Wonderland" and "Blume in Love" and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" soar is Mazursky’s wide-eyed infatuation with the city’s rampant pop nuttiness."