Does anywhere in New York still look the same or similar to how it does in the film, please, if anyone out there knows?
Is it just me or did the place somehow look better back then? I am sure some areas must still have some signs of how it looked in this film?
Actually it was dirtier then.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
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The Astor Place train station entrance now has a nice looking dome over it
Cake or death?
To: dee2364
Two movies that show the condition of the city back then are "West Side Story" and "The French Connection." I watch them occasionally to remind myself of the years I spent in New York, 1957 to 1985.
Tremas-1. You've ever been to the Peppermint Lounge?
"You know, my name..."
No, I never went to the Peppermint Lounge, although it was just two blocks north of where I worked in Manhattan. The P.L. was on 45th Street off 7th Avenue, right? No, I wasn't into dancing. I used to go to Birdland, though, to hear great jazz and enjoy myself, despite the smoke in the air and the shrill voice of the M.C., PeeWee Marquette. Why did you ask?
sharedude new York city is WAY cleaner now than back in the 70's. Hell, half of new York feels like a goddamn college dorm room for trust fund kids these days.
shareBetter?! It was dirtier and more dangerous. Grittier. The Times Square area was full of XXX theaters. Now it's like a shopping mall. The 70's were a very gritty time for movies.
shareAbsolutely agree. I watched Dog Day Afternoon the other day, and the opening credits show shots all over NYC from the same time period. It was filthy and depressing, but still made me feel a little nostalgic. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYk2IaHxUeA
Maybe it was just the music....
New York is one of the classic film noir cities. In the Seventies it was broke, dirty, and under the control of the mob and corrupt politicians but it had character. During Bloomberg's three terms as mayor his big deal was to clean up the city and that's what he did. The decadence is still there, you just have to look beneath the surface.
New York is like Vegas in the sense that when the mob ran the city it was a fun place to go and one actually had a chance of leaving town with more dough than one came with. Now that the big corporations have taken over they can't take your money fast enough and it's more akin to Disneyland than Sin City.
It was Guiliani that did the cleanup. Bloomberg just did maintenance.
shareNew York is one of the classic film noir cities. In the Seventies it was broke, dirty, and under the control of the mob and corrupt politicians but it had character. During Bloomberg's three terms as mayor his big deal was to clean up the city and that's what he did. The decadence is still there, you just have to look beneath the surface.
New York is like Vegas in the sense that when the mob ran the city it was a fun place to go. Now that the big corporations have taken over they can't take your money fast enough and it's more akin to Disneyland than Sin City.
Another good "period" piece is Fort Apache: The Bronx.
shareThat sounds very much like Sam Rothstein's closing narration at the end of Casino...
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