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A richly illustrated study of New York City explores how movies have shaped, influenced, mythologized, and invented the city in such films as 42nd Street, Rear Window, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, and Ghostbusters and reveals how the real-life New York City has been transformed by Hollywood. 20,000 first printing.
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"It is a marvellous account by a practising architect with an encylopaedic knowledge of the movies" -- Phillip French, The Observer, Sunday September 1st 2002
"for those keen to understand New York's place in Western (or even global) consciousness, Sanders is this reader's guide of choice." -- Time Out, 25th September 2002
"one of the most important, and enjoyable, books about the effect of Hollywood on our perception of reality,
in particular, the reality of New York City." -- The Evening Standard, October 11th 2002
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"for those keen to understand New York's place in Western (or even global) consciousness, Sanders is this reader's guide of choice." -- Time Out, 25th September 2002
"one of the most important, and enjoyable, books about the effect of Hollywood on our perception of reality,
in particular, the reality of New York City." -- The Evening Standard, October 11th 2002
James Sanders, a practicing architect, is the cowriter, with Ric Burns, of the award-winning public television series New York: A Documentary History, and the coauthor, with Burns and Lisa Ades, of the companion volume, New York: An Illustrated History. He has written on architecture and cities for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Interiors, and Architectural Record, and has completed design and development projects for the Port Authority, the Parks Council, the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and other civic groups and commercial clients in New York and Los Angeles.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0394570626
- ISBN 13 9780394570624
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages496
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