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Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:29 am to Fewer Kilometers
Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:29 am to Fewer Kilometers
Right, the city itself was almost a character. But man was it dingy. What a depressing movie.
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Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:34 am to biglego
it's not just grit either...it just doesn't feel real. take "as good as it gets" new York feels like a real place. it has charm (because it actually had charm) and it's an important part of the movie...now helen hunt would be living in Newark.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:45 am to DelU249
Let start up the Baseball Furies again, Fox and do our part to turn New York back into the shithole we all deserve.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:49 am to DelU249
you can really see it in the 90s movies and 90s style
it's not just NYC. Chicago and other big cities with major downtowns have the same issues
i made a thread about this after watching the original flatliners a few months ago. the way they shot downtowh chicago won't work today
it's not just NYC. Chicago and other big cities with major downtowns have the same issues
i made a thread about this after watching the original flatliners a few months ago. the way they shot downtowh chicago won't work today
Posted on 8/21/17 at 11:50 am to Walking the Earth
I think the current mayor has it on the right track.
I just think it's an uninteresting place to set movies now, but growing up it was THE place to set your movie.
good news for los angeles though, it's still a dystopian shithole
it's actually worse than the 80s and 90s.
I just think it's an uninteresting place to set movies now, but growing up it was THE place to set your movie.
good news for los angeles though, it's still a dystopian shithole
it's actually worse than the 80s and 90s. 
Posted on 8/21/17 at 12:03 pm to MorbidTheClown
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It is kind of interesting seeing the skyline with the towers still there.
It pisses me off every time I catch an episode of Friends and they show the towers.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:08 pm to DelU249
They could make a horror movie about all the designer dog shite smeared on the sidewalks.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 2:32 pm to DelU249
Escape from New York!!!!
Posted on 8/21/17 at 5:52 pm to The Spleen
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NYC was fairly clean and seemed safe when I visited it twice in the early 90's.
And it got even cleaner - which is why in the late 90's it became a darling for Rom-Coms - like You've Got Mail, Maid in Manhatten, Serendipity, etc.
If you can even call those movies NY...all they show is Rockfeller Square, fancy hotels and a pristine no-muggin Central Park.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 5:58 pm to DelU249
And on your note of a city...showing up in reality on film and not a Disney version of the city...
There's Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, The Warriors, Midnight Cowboy, etc.
And the Taking of Pelham 123 remake sucked in comparison to the original...which has one of the better opening scores, ever.
They really showed NY city in the 70's and 80's films and today they just show tourist highlights.
There's Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, The Warriors, Midnight Cowboy, etc.
And the Taking of Pelham 123 remake sucked in comparison to the original...which has one of the better opening scores, ever.
They really showed NY city in the 70's and 80's films and today they just show tourist highlights.
This post was edited on 8/21/17 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:25 pm to DelU249
It'll be funny if the remake Escape from New York in modern Manhattan.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:36 pm to Parmen
Giuliani should be celebrated in that city.
Also Die Hard With a Vengence is the best NYC movie
Also Die Hard With a Vengence is the best NYC movie
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:42 pm to cjared036
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Also Die Hard With a Vengence is the best NYC movie
Great film but the original Ghostbusters is probably my favorite NYC film.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 6:48 pm to Parmen
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It'll be funny if the remake Escape from New York in modern Manhattan.
I'd be down with this! I don't know who could play Snake Plisskin like Kurt Russel though
Posted on 8/21/17 at 7:21 pm to cjared036
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Also Die Hard With a Vengence is the best NYC movie
Such an underrated classic.
Reading this thread all I could think of was Taxi Driver and The French Connection when speaking if gritty NY films. Those are the two that really showed the hell hole parts of 1970s NY.
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All the animals come out at night - whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal. Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. I go all over. I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take 'em to Harlem. I don't care. Don't make no difference to me. It does to some. Some won't even take spooks. Don't make no difference to me.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:00 am to The Spleen
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NYC was fairly clean and seemed safe when I visited it twice in the early 90's.
That's when New York was at its most dangerous! 1991 was the most dangerous year in New York history with over 2000 murdered.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 9:04 am to DelU249
Hell's Kitchen is actually one of the highest end areas of NYC
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:45 am to DelU249
Always thought John McTiernan did a good job of showing off New York in Die Hard With A Vengeance and Thomas Crown Affair.
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 10:47 am
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