Hi all !!! Im from Poland and im completely in love with NYC. I’ve never been there but it’s definitely my biggest hobby in life. I sit almost everyday on google earth and watch it street by street. I downloaded houndreds of pictures and read houndreds of articles about this city.

And here is my question to you: Do you know some cool movies from 70s and 80s that are set in NYC with frequent views of the city ? I mean something like “Shaft” or “Fort Apache the Bronx”.

The same about books. Do you know some interesting books set in NYC with many descriptions of the city (no matter when written) ? I don’t mean some guides for tourist but novels. I read “The New York Trilogy” by Paul Auster and “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer (this second one is fantastic) and now im looking for something else.

I would be very grateful for some nice titles ! PS sorry for mistakes my english isn’t perfect :)

Look for a DVD called, "The Newsies" - a true NY story. :okay:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_New_York_City

thx fish. bobbycuzin i know wikipedia and i know this list. I even started to download every movie from the list starting with 70s but it doesnt make sense. Most of them suck and show only a little bit of the city. I would have to download 100 movies to have maybe 10 that i would like to have. I would be rather grateful for concrete proven title :) greetings for all new yorkers !!

Here some interesting books I've read and you might like to read.

-Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas
-The Island of the Center of the World, Russell Shorto
-Gotham, Burrows Wallace
-New York 2000, Stern Fishman Tilove
-The Historical Atlas of New York City
-Five Points, Tyler Anbinder

thx fish. bobbycuzin i know wikipedia and i know this list. I even started to download every movie from the list starting with 70s but it doesnt make sense. Most of them suck and show only a little bit of the city. I would have to download 100 movies to have maybe 10 that i would like to have. I would be rather grateful for concrete proven title :) greetings for all new yorkers !!

if you only want good movies try some of these:

the warriors
taxi driver
mean streets
annie hall
manhattan
do the right thing
wall street
coming to america

coming to america

That was an interesting comedy, but would recommend simply renting it. :cheers2:

^^ man thats a classic!, but can he rent that in Poland?

Lol sure i can rent it in Poland, I dont live on Samoa or something... :) Besides I watched it several times in tv, its popular movie in Poland (in my country its called "Prince in New York"). Thank you all for these propositions !!

watch this - my sassy girl ;)

Watch the Martin Scorsese movie After Hours if you want to see some 1980s SoHo, that really shows off the place, for 1970's Manhattan and Brooklyn watch the French Connection by William Friedkin, for every borough in the 1970s but Staten Island watch Serpico by Sidney Lumet, the movie 25th Hour by Spike Lee shows off some more recent Manhattan. The best part is, all these movies were largely praised by critics, appreciated by viewers and all shot on location and manage to really show off the city.

There was an old movie, "The Taking of Pelham 123" - a classic!
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This thread reminded me of this thread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=176056

If you're interested in early New York history, then try a satirical history of the city during the Dutch period. By Washington Irving "A History of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch Dynasty". It was written in 1809 if my memory serves me right.

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have a look at the movie Kids

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113540/

if your'e into sci fi check out "Escape from New York", it's set in the future and Manhattan is one big prison camp, then one day Air Force One crashes in Manhattan and it's up to former Special Forces soldier Snake Plissken to rescue him. In one scene he lands his glider on the roof of the World Trade Center then proceeds to take the elevator down to street level. It's a great movie, I really recommend it.

there's a new TV show on ABC I think, it's about a New York city cop who gets transported back in time to the year 1973 when New York was a crime hellhole

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Hello !

I don't know if someone already mentioned it, but please find below an interesting link about New York movies & TV location :

http://www.nyc.gov/html/film/html/anniversary/map/nyc_map.html

the wackness
25th hour
the basketball diaries

my top 3 NYC movies.

"Tootsie" and "Arthur" are both classic early-'80s movies that evoke that unmistakable New York feeling.

Other favorites-- "Annie Hall" and "Saturday Night Fever."

I watched "Man on Wire" today, great movie, amazing story.

And so many magnificient shots of the WTC twins from the rooftops.


I recommend it

Best NY movies(In no order)

Do the Right thing
25th Hour
Basketball Diaries
KIDS
Gangs of NY
American Gangster
Inside Man
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Midnight Cowboy
Manhattan
Annie Hall