Starring New York
Subtitle: filming the grime and the glamour of the long 1970s
By: Stanley Corkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780195382792; 9780195382808
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : new Hollywood, history, and the city; title: Sex and the city in decline : Midnight cowboy (1969) and Klute (1971); title: Nostalgia, the ethnic neighborhood, and the world outside : The godfather, parts I and II (1972 and 1974) and Mean streets (1973); title: Blaxploitation and urban decline : Harlem and the world beyond, Cotton comes to Harlem (1970), Shaft (1971), Superfly (1972), Across 110th St. (1972), and, Black Caesar (1974); title: Policing the unsafe city : The French connection (1971), Serpico (1973), and Dog day afternoon (1975), Prince of the city (1981); title: Vigilance! : Death wish (1974), Taxi driver (1976), The marathon man; title: Love, marriage, and city living : Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), An unmarried woman (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer.