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Fun city cinema, New York City and the movies that made it, Jason Bailey ; foreword by Matt Zoller Seitz

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Fun city cinema, New York City and the movies that made it, Jason Bailey ; foreword by Matt Zoller Seitz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-351)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fun city cinema

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1237253489

Responsibility statement

Jason Bailey ; foreword by Matt Zoller Seitz

Sub title

New York City and the movies that made it

Summary

"Fun City Cinema' gives readers an in-depth look at how the rise, fall, and resurrection of New York City was captured and chronicled in ten iconic Gotham films across ten decades: The Jazz Singer (1927), King Kong (1933), The Naked City (1948), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Taxi Driver (1976), Wall Street (1987), Kids (1995), 25th Hour (2002), and Frances Ha (2012). A visual history of a great American city in flux, Fun City Cinema reveals how these classic films and legendary filmmakers took their inspiration from New York City's grittiness and splendor, creating what we can now view as "accidental documentaries" of the city's modes and moods. In addition to the extensively researched and reported text, the book includes both historical photographs and ephemera, as well as still-frames, behind-the-scenes photos, production materials from each film and original interviews with Noah Baumbach, Larry Clark, Greta Gerwig, Walter Hill, Jerry Schatzberg, Martin Scorsese, Susan Seidelman, Oliver Stone, and Jennifer Westfeldt. Extensive "Now Playing" sidebars spotlight a handful of each decade's additional films of note."--Page 4 of cover

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New York City and the movies that made it

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