Street Smart: The New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813123578)

New York has appeared in more movies than Michael Caine, and the resulting overfamiliarity to moviegoers poses a problem for critics and filmmakers alike. Audiences often mistake the New York image of skyscrapers and bright lights for the real thing, when in fact the City is a network of clearly defined villages, each with a unique personality. Standard film depictions of New Yorkers as a rush-hour mass of undifferentiated humanity obscure the connections formed between people and places in the

Author: Richard A. Blake
ISBN-10: 0813123577
ISBN-13: 9780813123578
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.30w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2006 pg. 1021