A visual history of 100 years of filmmaking in New York City, featuring exclusive interviews with NYC filmmakers 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 production materials, as well as still-frames, behind-the-scenes photos, posters, 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 10/26/2021
ISBN: 9781419747816
Pages: 352
Review Citations: Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 82
