Reasons to Love New York
New York celebrates the citys timeless, peerless connection to movies.
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Here are 11 directors paying tribute to the art of the NYC film.
You see this guy giving this long-winded rant about woe-is-me, How can the system work this way?
Welfareis available to watch onKanopy.
They directly talk about how the world is different when the sun goes down in New York.
The other scene I love is the punk-rock club, which is just pure chaos.
It was like,Whats the music?
Who are these people?The guy tries to shave his head.
We are all used to this level of shock and discrepancy or cultural clash.
I first encountered it in the early nineties, when a friend quoted some lines from it.
And you’ve got the option to feel it.
All the club interiors, the way the camera moves and just the rhythm of that film.
you’re able to quote that stuff until the end of the world.
Its so snappy and mean.
The Sweet Smell of Successis available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, and Vudu.
InShadows,Cassavetes was shooting out on the street, in black-and-white, with a heavy camera.
Its so raw you’re free to just taste the city.
So it isnt so much about setting up this beautiful shot its a lot of raw handheld-camera movement.
Its kind of a torture to Gene Hackman to wait outside drinking his deli coffee.
Theres just something really cinematic and abbreviated about expressing where people occupy different stations in the class hierarchy.
Youd think there arent really parallels.
It also explores kids living in this New York community in a really observational, fun way.
I would actually cite that movie as an inspiration, in a way, forThe Guru.
We see it through his eyes, what he expects and what the reality is.
Were all in this time warp in New York.
We all kind of cruise around and do our thing, move past each other.
Its a great rhythm that it has.
And inDo the Right Thing, you saw the steam coming out of the pot.
Shes Gotta Have Itis available to stream on Netflix.
Theres a moment that happens at the end of the film in which he has to leave everything behind.
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