World Film Locations: New York

Edited by Scott Jordan Harris

Publication date:

01 December 2011

Publisher

Intellect Books

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781841504827

Be they period films, cult classics or elaborate directorial love letters, New York City has played – and continues to play – a central role in the imaginations of filmmakers and moviegoers worldwide. The stomping grounds of King Kong, it is also the place where young Jakie Rabinowitz of The Jazz Singer realizes his Broadway dream. Later, it is the backdrop against which taxi driver Travis Bickle exacts a grisly revenge.

The inaugural volume in an exciting new series from Intellect, World Film Locations: New York pairs incisive profiles of quintessential New York filmmakers – – among them Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet and Spike Lee – with essays on key features of the city’s landscape that have appeared on the big screen, from the docks to Coney Island, Times Square to the Statue of Liberty. More than forty-five location-specific scenes from films made and set in New York are separately considered and illustrated with screen shots and photographs of the locations as they appear now. For film fans keen to follow the cinematic trail either physically or in the imagination, this pocket-sized guide also includes city maps with information on how to locate key features.

Maps/Scenes

Scenes 1-7 – 1927-1948

Scenes 8-14 – 1949-1971

Scenes 15-21 – 1972-1976

Scenes 22-28 – 1977-1986

Scenes 29-36 – 1987-1992

Scenes 37-44 – 1999-2008

Essays

New York: City of the Imagination – David Finkle

New York’s Leading Lady: The Statue of Liberty on Film – Simon Kinnear

On The Waterfront: The New York Docks Onscreen – Peter Hoskin

Manhattan Man: Woody Allen’s Love Affair with New York – Scott Jordan Harris

Cinema 16: New York and the Birth of Beat – Peter Hoskin

Mean Streets: Martin Scorsese’s NY – Wael Khairy

The Innocents: A Promised Land Within a Promised Land – Elisabeth Rappe

An elegant tribute to the films and locations that have given New York its private real estate in our minds. The contributors are so immediately readable and movie-savvy.