I Love NY Movies
May 28th 2009 11:35
What is it about movies set in New York? My favourite film as a kid - and unashamedly as an adult - is Ghostbusters. I love the effects and yes, the script and performances are first rate but there's more to it than that
It's in moments like, when Pete Venkman and co. wait patiently for the lift in the Sedgwick Hotel and Murray Rubin, smoking a cigar, says, 'What are you supposed to be, some sort of a Cosmonaught?' That New York drawl, the metal and glass backdrop in every scene, the flash of yellow as yet another cab rolls by...
There's a strange, inintangible quality to the place; like Camelot, where romance, danger and flights of fantasy are commonplace. A perfect example of this is The Fisher King, Gilliam's epic romantic fantasy. I can't imagine this modern day take on a medieval legend being set anywhere but New York.
Even popcorn action blockbusters take on a unique grandure when set against those silvery towers and earthy brownstones. Another NY fave of mine is The Taking of Pelham 123, made in the year I was born and featuring a fantastic performance by Jerry stiller, who delivers the classic line, that could only work in a New York accent, 'Even great men have to pee'.
I've come to the conclusion that it's in the little things - the incidental chararcters or the street signs, the steam that rises from the vents in the road - that give New York and the movies made there, a special place in my heart.
Marc Paterson
It's in moments like, when Pete Venkman and co. wait patiently for the lift in the Sedgwick Hotel and Murray Rubin, smoking a cigar, says, 'What are you supposed to be, some sort of a Cosmonaught?' That New York drawl, the metal and glass backdrop in every scene, the flash of yellow as yet another cab rolls by...
There's a strange, inintangible quality to the place; like Camelot, where romance, danger and flights of fantasy are commonplace. A perfect example of this is The Fisher King, Gilliam's epic romantic fantasy. I can't imagine this modern day take on a medieval legend being set anywhere but New York.
Even popcorn action blockbusters take on a unique grandure when set against those silvery towers and earthy brownstones. Another NY fave of mine is The Taking of Pelham 123, made in the year I was born and featuring a fantastic performance by Jerry stiller, who delivers the classic line, that could only work in a New York accent, 'Even great men have to pee'.
I've come to the conclusion that it's in the little things - the incidental chararcters or the street signs, the steam that rises from the vents in the road - that give New York and the movies made there, a special place in my heart.
Marc Paterson
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