New York in 10 films: paintings where the streets of the metropolis play an important role

New York and American cinema cannot be separated. They are like two halves of one whole. On the streets of this metropolis, the brightest plots of the most famous films unfold - from action-packed detective stories to romantic comedies. New York and its streets are a dream come true for many filmmakers. Film.ru collected the top 10 films where the streets of the Big Apple play a major role.

"Taxi driver"

Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver is a film that shows New York at night. The time when the city plunges into vices. The motion picture shows the city of the 1970s, when luxurious streets turned into a backwater. The middle class moved to the suburbs, the metropolis faced bankruptcy. At the time, singles were visiting brothels and pornographic theaters in Times Square. Drug dealers and bandits were operating in the Big Apple.

Taxi Driver is a depressing story of loneliness. New York is shown here as a stone jungle. Wilderness areas are the epicenters of aggression, where it was easy to catch a bullet and run into embittered poor people. There are sex workers on Broadway. Together with the city in the film, the main character goes crazy - Travis Bickle. He was played by Robert De Niro. Travis is a mentally unstable maniac, he proclaimed himself the savior and "janitor" of the streets. Steam is pouring out of the hatches, and the taxi driver, making his way through the streets of the city, wants to clear it of dirt.

"The Devil Wears Prada"

The Devil Wears Prada shows a metropolis ruled by creative directors. This is a look at New York from the world of fashion. David Frenkel shows us a bustling and business city, where workaholism and competition come to the fore, but there is absolutely no compromise between personal life and career. The ever-running crowd, rushing taxis and early wakes - this is the mechanism of the car. And the fuel for this car is Starbucks coffee.

The music of this car is the clatter of heels, car horns and mobile phone ringtones. The confusion and panic of the secretary, played by Anne Hathaway, is a common state of affairs for ordinary people in the Big Apple. It is a fierce and competitive city where style, wealth and tenacity are valued.

In the film, the worlds are very well divided - the secular luxury and simplicity of the provinces, ordinary bar regulars and the celestials of fashion.

Midnight Cowboy

The customs and values ​​of the 1960s in New York are perfectly shown in the movie "Midnight Cowboy". A tragic story about rural children who came to a metropolis in search of success.

The hero of John Voight is a naive cowboy who plunges into the atmosphere of 42nd Street: porno cinemas, bohemian ladies hungry for entertainment, as well as outcasts and homeless people. This is what the avenues, the cultural and anticultural life of the Big Apple, are made of.

Human vices, the constant race in the crowd, the lights of the streets and establishments for adults. Manhattan is not described here as a paradise, but rather as a citadel of wickedness. John Schlesinger directed the film with documentary realism. He describes New York as a city where they go for success, but, disappointed in it, they are looking for another place to find themselves.

"New York, I love you"

"New York, I love you" - praise for the city. This film was shot by 10 directors, each with its own story, included in the almanac. He talks about people, their feelings and situations.

The city on the Hudson River rushes and rages like a river. A kaleidoscope of stories: a young man who went to graduation with a girl with a disability, a man and a woman spent the night in a fit of love. And also an anime composer trying to read Dostoevsky's volume in a few days.

After viewing, several questions will arise. Why do almost all stories take place in Central Park and Times Square? Why are not all episodes related to the main character?

Despite this, the picture conveys the crazy rhythm and mysticism of the city. So you will definitely fall in love with New York.

"West Side Story"

"West Side Story" is an amazing combination of combat choreography and dancing, lyrical motives and the hard-hitting reality of the underground. This is the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet during the warring gangs in the 1950s. The action takes place on the West Side, where the sister of the leader of the Puerto Rican gang falls in love with a member of the Sharks gang.

The musical was awarded 10 Oscar statuettes. Authors Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise took advantage of Panavision-70's power to infiltrate New York's disadvantaged environment

In the film, gangs are fighting, fighting with fists and knives on fire escapes, sports fields and musty bars. No one has ever managed to show the slums like that with all the meticulousness. So accurately show young people looking for where to direct their energy and aggression.

Manhattan

Woody Allen's life is closely related to Brooklyn. In the film, he showed New York the intellectual capital of the world. Concerned poets, neurotic writers and just adventurers experience love passions and walk around the metropolis. And the city forever shining is described as a triumph of poetry and electricity.

The main character, screenwriter and intellectual Isaac Davis, changes girls by running from one to the other. His florid attitude is reminiscent of the streets of the city. Allen portrays the city as a place to go in the evening for a cup of coffee, start a meaningful conversation about art, and enjoy views of Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge. The latter are the protagonists of American cinema.

Spider-Man

Peter Parker is adventurous in all walks of life, from college to romance. He goes through all the adventures in New York, which is described by Sam Raimi as a place of intense battles. On the streets of the city, a teenager in a red and blue suit moves among high-rise buildings defeating villains. The battlefield is brutal Art Deco architecture.

He fights bandits and gliders. Raimi showed that New York is beautiful, but just as dangerous. The metropolis is made up of chaotic yellow taxis, romantic encounters in parks, and Broadway lights.

The pleasant impressions of life are suddenly disturbed by the mad scientists-megalomaniacs who have emerged from the underground laboratories. But the image of New York shown in the early 2000s - bright, sunny, always alive - we will always remember.

"Uncut Jewels"

The Safdie brothers' thriller is the story of a jewelry store owner. He is constantly on the move, reckless and, having laid the ring, bets all his money on the NBA game. New York is shown in all its "feverish" glory.

Instead of a leisurely city, where it is so pleasant to walk, here he seemed to be pumped up with adrenaline. This is a completely new image of the Big Apple. The Safdie brothers have it dirty, noisy and feverish. A metropolis that puts pressure on the nerves, turns heads, but at the same time is mechanized and pragmatic. That is why it is depressing.

In multi-layered New York, the destinies of bouncers, creditors and bookmakers are intertwined. And they all strive for profit. There is no time to rest, there is no time to rest. All this is "backed up" by Daniel Lopatin's electronic music (another reason why the local New York raises the heartbeat and makes you feel vibrations under the skin).

"Breakfast at Tiffany's"

It is both a love story and an ode to New York. An ode to bohemian parties, cozy libraries. This is a city of fashionable avenues and streets, where you want to walk imposingly with a croissant and coffee in your hands.

This is a story of the search for happiness that tells about the stone jungle with a special glamor. Here, New York has a special charm: Fifth Avenue, on which the jewelry house Tiffany & Co is located, the apartment of the protagonist Holly Golightly. She admits that she loves New York.

Audrey Hepburn plays a fashionable girl obsessed with luxury. She is looking for a better life. New York is becoming a transit point for her on her way to find happiness. Primarily for Holly, who is going to fly to Brazil and become the wife of a rich man.

Escape from New York

John Carpenter's dystopian fantasy. He flooded the city with criminals and turned it into a prison for crazy thugs. Kurt Russell starred in the cult action movie.

New York is surrounded by a 15-meter wall, the borders are under the control of the military, the city has turned into a real jungle, where armed savages and cannibals live.

In all this chaos, the main character, the Serpent Pliskin, is trying to complete the mission. He saves the president. In this pride of madness, in order to cope with all this hell, a person needs to be mad himself.

Although Manhattan Island was filmed in the more compact St. Louis, Carpenter's fantastic project presented an interesting look of the city on the Hudson - an evil and unforgettable fantasy of militarism and chaos.