Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Dirty Old New York aka Fun City



I continue my Dirty Old New York video essay series with Dirty Old New York aka Fun City, Part I and Part II.  Dirty Old New York Subway can be seen here.


All shots are connected by at least one of the following: location, film, character, actor, signage, recurring object, or recurring motif.  Try and see how many of these connections you can spot and how many films you can identify.  This is a fluid piece and probably will be revised and / or supplemented with additional footage.  I'm going to wrap this up with a forthcoming Part III.



I've tried to source everything from 16x9 DVDs, but have had to compromise this standard in some cases.

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6 comments:

  1. DialloJune 18, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    beautiful. hearing "subway theme" from the wild style soundtrack made me smile

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  2. Ned MerrillJune 18, 2013 at 9:19 PM

    Thanks, Diallo! That is a great tune, indeed, "Subway Theme."

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  3. AnonymousJune 19, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    Great idea. I hope you'll publish a concordance listing the movies you drew from -- there are a few in there where I was "wow! I'd like to see that" but not actually knowing what it was!

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  4. Ned MerrillJune 19, 2013 at 8:55 PM

    Anonymous,

    Thanks for viewing and for your feedback! I think when all is said and done I will publish that list. Which clips caught your eye?

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  5. Her, Suzanne76June 20, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    terrific

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  6. Ned MerrillJune 20, 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Thank you, Her,Suzanne76!...I just hope that people actually watch Part II now.

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