Street Smart: The New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee

Author:   Richard A. Blake
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
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9780813123578


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 September 2005
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Richard A. Blake
Publisher:   The University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   The University Press of Kentucky
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.644kg
ISBN:  

9780813123578


ISBN 10:   0813123577
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 September 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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There has been perhaps no other city that has exercised such a strong influence on its native filmmakers or on thematic material in film. -- Raymond Haberski, author of It's Only a Movie!


"""in the films of four quintessential New Yorkers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee."" -- Choice ""Finalist for the 2005 Theater Library Association Award."" -- ""Part cultural study and part film analysis, Blake turns to four of the city's most revered auteurs to offer readers a lesson in true New York: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee."" -- MovieMaker ""There has been perhaps no other city that has exercised such a strong influence on its native filmmakers or on thematic material in film."" -- Raymond Haberski, author of It's Only a Movie! ""Written in an easy, conversational style, Street Smart is a thoughtful, meaningful exercise in film criticism."" -- Blogcritics.org"


-There has been perhaps no other city that has exercised such a strong influence on its native filmmakers or on thematic material in film.- -- Raymond Haberski, author of It's Only a Movie!


in the films of four quintessential New Yorkers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. -- Choice Finalist for the 2005 Theater Library Association Award. -- There has been perhaps no other city that has exercised such a strong influence on its native filmmakers or on thematic material in film. -- Raymond Haberski, author of It's Only a Movie! Part cultural study and part film analysis, Blake turns to four of the city's most revered auteurs to offer readers a lesson in true New York: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. -- MovieMaker Written in an easy, conversational style, Street Smart is a thoughtful, meaningful exercise in film criticism. -- Blogcritics.org


There has been perhaps no other city that has exercised such a strong influence on its native filmmakers or on thematic material in film. -- Raymond Haberski, author of It's Only a Movie! in the films of four quintessential New Yorkers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. -- Choice Written in an easy, conversational style, Street Smart is a thoughtful, meaningful exercise in film criticism. -- Blogcritics.org Part cultural study and part film analysis, Blake turns to four of the city's most revered auteurs to offer readers a lesson in true New York: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. -- MovieMaker Finalist for the 2005 Theater Library Association Award. --


<p> in the films of four quintessential New Yorkers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. -- Choice


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Richard A. Blake, S.J., codirector of the Film Studies Program at Boston College, has served as an editor of America magazine for fourteen years, where he has been reviewing films for the past thirty years.

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