I think we start with Vertigo.
If you were paying attention, you'll have noted that this was absent from my Top 10 Hitchcock list. However, it has so many SF scenes, I'm willing to rewatch just for those.
Play It Again, Sam. One of the few Woody Allen films of the period shot outside of the NYC area, because the NY film crew was on strike.
So that explains it! I was so surprised when a Woody Allen film came up in my initial Google search. In fact, this movie is next up in my queue. After that are:
The Lady from Shanghai
After the Thin Man
D.O.A.
Vertigo
High Anxiety
Sudden Fear
Days of Wine and Roses
The Birds
Copycat
San Francisco
Point Blank
The Conversation
Dirty Harry
Dark Passage
Bullitt
I've seen a number of them, but that was ages ago in most cases. And then, of course, there's
Sneakers,
which I own.
I watched a lot of Kurosawa last year. The only one that didn't feel like homework was Rashomon.
The only one that didn't feel like homework was Rashomon.
That's not how *I* remember it....
So many films are set in New York, as opposed to other cities, but I bet there's a definitive (well, an entirely subjective definitive, anyway) list of "New York" movies. Anyone care to nominate some?
I'll start with Manhattan and The Out of Towners.
I'll start with Manhattan and The Out of Towners.
Excellent start.
Mean Streets
Metropolitan
She's Gotta Have It
Dog Day Afternoon
I can imagine that there is -- because there are probably movies where NY is a character, more or less, rather than just standing in for "any city."
Dog Day Afternoon, really? I love that movie, but I don't know if I agree, since the setting is so limited. I know the actual event took place in Brooklyn, but it could have been any big city, don't you think?
I'll say King Kong, too, because of the iconic Empire State building stuff.
I think I want to say Moonstruck, too.
What about Crossing Delancey? I know it's not a "great film" but it's definitely a film that I watch whenever I come across it.
