Blue Eyes said:that’s just not true... movie selection in New York City is just as limited... I have friends in New York City who complain about how certain movies they watch in New York City never even make it there...
Newcomer, I’m not talking about just the big commercial stuff like Chicago being filmed in New York City... I mean the low-budget stuff, world cinema, experimental flicks...
Amanda Cruz68... I don't really care if some mediocre flick like "Maid in Manhattan" had its premiere in Washington, D.C. while your options are limited... and so what if three blockbusters hit your town three days before they hit elsewhere, when "Habl Con Ell" shows up six months late, and it looks like Cronenebergov's "Spider" won't even show up at all.
In New York City, you can see pretty much any film ever shot and distributed...
where else are you gonna find Kurdish, Uzbek, or Azerbaijani films?
We’ve got the Sundance Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, New York Italian Film Festival... then you've got all these international festivals—like Mexican, Greek, Russian, Chilean, Turkish, etc.
can you beat that
I mean, let's face it... New York City has the strongest art scene in the world... and that's not even counting the movies, the galleries, the music, the theaters...
I'd say after New York City, it's New York Paris, then maybe Vienna... then maybe New York City again.
Ha, ha, Blue, New York City is one of my favorite cities
ever, so you aren't going to get me to say anything bad about it.
But, all those festivals and all those movies... You know when I’d actually go see them? Never. 😢 And you want to know why? Because I work ten or twelve hours a day and usually can't even catch the relatively slim cultural offerings back home in Washington, D.C. I have a theory about having a quality life in New York City ~ you basically need to be unemployed, or win a massive lottery jackpot, so you can spend your entire day hitting up cinemas, galleries, lectures, clubs, cafes...
That's why I like living in Washington, D.C. and traveling around. I'm in Vienna regularly (where I used to live) and I can tell you that the New York Film Festival—which happens around October—is always great; they show a whole year's worth of stuff from those Turkish, Uzbek, and other film industries, plus the usual European and American movies. It’s all kind of neatly packaged, I go, see it, and that's that. 😉
As far as the premieres and movies in Washington, D.C. go, unfortunately, the situation
is exactly how you described it ~ we see some movies way late, and some never at all. 😢
But hey, if you aren't too stationary, you can see all that cool stuff elsewhere. Blockbusters come here for one simple reason:
profit, it's just that I wouldn't agree that the premieres are "three days early." If I remember right, I saw "Vanilla Sky" in Washington, D.C. almost at the same time as in L.A., whereas in New York City it arrived a few months later. 🙂 I can't tell you exactly for every single movie, since I go to too many premieres to keep track.
Actually, I think you have the ranking a bit off. I lived in Vienna for quite a while and I don't think it's as close to the top of the global cultural pile as you're making it out to be. Maybe sixth or seventh place. New York City is definitely ahead of Vienna, but New York City is also ahead of Paris. At least, that's how it's been for me.😉
Blue Eyes said:Honestly, I kind of feel for those of you who don't live in New York City. 🙂
Why? 😕 Look, if I wanted to live in New York City, I’d just move there. Simple as that. What's the big deal? 😕
I could never commit to living in that kind of weather permanently—just constant grayness. Going to New York City for a bit? Sure, that’s cool.
Living in New York City full-time~ honestly, nobody's been born yet who could actually talk me into it. 😉
