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- ISBN 9781419747816
- Dimensions: 229 x 276mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2021
- Publisher: Abrams
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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 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.
Jason Bailey is a film critic and author living and working in New York City. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and his writing has appeared on Vulture, Slate, Vice, and Flavorwire. He is the author of several books on film including Pulp Fiction: The Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece and The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion.
