Ooh, The Warriors is a great example! God, it's been forever since I've seen that.
I might add The Lords of Flatbush, too.
Angel: If I'm not back in a couple of hours— Gunn: You're dead, we're screwed, end of the world.
'Underneath'
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Amy - Jul 04, 2007 2:59:59 pm PDT #9884 of 10001
Because books.
Jesse - Jul 04, 2007 3:09:39 pm PDT #9885 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Do the Right Thing
I also love New York in Keeping the Faith, but I don't know that I'd call it a great movie.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2007 3:13:24 pm PDT #9886 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
In fact, I declare Trying To Fight Your Way Across NYC to be its own genre, which includes The Warriors, After Hours, Quick Change, Escape from New York, and Harold Ramis' unproduced Ghostbusters 3 script.
Laga - Jul 04, 2007 3:14:24 pm PDT #9887 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Crossing Delancey reminds me of another great "Chicago" movie: Return to Me.
sumi - Jul 04, 2007 3:24:09 pm PDT #9888 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Is Green Card particularly NYC with the whole apartment plot or is that more generic urban living? (I LOVE the apartment in that movie, I think it's the real star.)
Amy - Jul 04, 2007 3:27:02 pm PDT #9889 of 10001
Because books.
In fact, I declare Trying To Fight Your Way Across NYC to be its own genre, which includes The Warriors, After Hours, Quick Change, Escape from New York, and Harold Ramis' unproduced Ghostbusters 3 script.
Tom totally wins.
I haven't seen Green Card, which surprises me. I love Crossing Delancey, though.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2007 3:28:48 pm PDT #9890 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I LOVE the apartment in that movie, I think it's the real star
As it is in Rosemary's Baby and Single White Female.
SWF is practically apartment porn, since it's so impossible that they could live there.
sumi - Jul 04, 2007 3:30:07 pm PDT #9891 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, another genre!
Nutty - Jul 04, 2007 3:36:59 pm PDT #9892 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Ultimate New York film! The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. It's teh awesomest!!
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?
Attica! Attica! If it's any big city, it's a big city inside New York State, which -- I'm not sure I buy that taking place in Albany, you know?
I have never seen The Seven Samurai, but I have seen Yojimbo, which is much slower than a modern film would be, and much less drawn-out with cross-cut closeups. Sign of the times. And yet, when Mifune walks down that street, hands on his hips, you can see him casting a shadow in the shape of Clint Eastwood. It's weird and amazing.
Polter-Cow - Jul 04, 2007 3:53:40 pm PDT #9893 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I watched a lot of Kurosawa last year. The only one that didn't feel like homework was Rashomon.
Yeah, I remember liking that one well enough, since it was interesting to see the different perspectives. I think I fell asleep during Ran and/or Throne of Blood. Maybe I'm just not a Kurosawa person.
That's not how *I* remember it....
Snerk.
And yet, when Mifune walks down that street, hands on his hips, you can see him casting a shadow in the shape of Clint Eastwood. It's weird and amazing.
Heh. I also wanted to mention that in Seven Samurai, Toshiro Mifune's ass deserved its own credit.