Documentary ·History · United States of America · 1985 · 1h 29m

Empire City

Empire City poster
Director
Michael Blackwood
Cast
Donald Trump as Self Ed Koch as Self Jane Jacobs as Self Elia Kazan as Self Norman Mailer as Self Arthur Miller as Self
Crew
Mead Hunt — Director of Photography Ned Bastille — Editor Philip Glass — Original Music Composer Frances Fitzgerald — Writer Michael Blackwood — Producer
Tagline

The City That Never Sleeps

Synopsis

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.

Mood & Themes
new york citypoliticsarchitectureeconomicsgentrification
Key Collaborators
Michael Blackwood Director Mead Hunt Director of Photography Ned Bastille Editor Philip Glass Original Music Composer Frances Fitzgerald Writer Michael Blackwood Producer
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