{"product_id":"fun-city-cinema","title":"Fun City Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA visual history of 100 years of filmmaking in New York City, featuring exclusive interviews with NYC filmmakers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFun City Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Jazz Singer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1927), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKing Kong \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1933), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Naked City \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1948), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSweet Smell of Success \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1957), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMidnight Cowboy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1969), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTaxi Driver \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1976), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1987), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKids \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1995), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e25th Hour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2002), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrances Ha \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2012). A visual history of a great American city in flux, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFun City Cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reelstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58109790093696,"sku":null,"price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/4024\/6711\/files\/1_e0f9ccaa-db3c-4d44-9772-5a500bdbac19.png?v=1779028626","url":"https:\/\/reelstore.co\/products\/fun-city-cinema","provider":"Reelstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}