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Movie Reviews of New York, New York (Special Edition)
Movie Review: Great DVD of a flawed, but still wonderful, film
Summary: 4 Stars
A failed experiment can still have value! Scorsese attempted to contrast a highly realistic, improvised acting style with a highly stylized, artificial filmmaking style reminiscent of the great MGM musicals. It didn't quite work, but it did give us some fantastic moments, indluding:
1. DeNiro and Minnelli's first meeting (an incredibly well-played and funny scene)
2. DeNiro's marriage proposal (lots of fun)
3. Their fight in the car (one of the most frighteningly real arguments a couple has ever had onscreen)
Minelli is able to hold her own quite well against DeNiro in these scenes, and I think their chemistry is fascinating.
Add to this some fantastic musical numbers, and you have a film whose individual moments make up for its larger flaws. In other words, don't miss the trees for the forest.
The DVD contains some great goodies, the best being the additional versions of a number scenes. Since these were all improvised, every take was different and you get to see completely different dialogue, including the unused happy ending!
All in all, I'm glad I got it.
Movie Review: Edition is better than nothing but not really "Special"
Summary: 4 Stars
Even the non Special Edition of Boxcar Bertha from the Martin Scorsese Collection was presented in Widescreen , but alas New York, New York is only Letterboxed.
It only includes the so called restored version of the film which is in reality only one of three versions released.
If any film is more deserving than The Abyss for a "watch it the way you want to" DVD release it's New York, New York.
The deleated / alternate scenes included do not represent the differences between the first and third versions of the film, nor do they include the scenes deleted from the first release to shorten the running time for the second run release.
The Laserdisc Special Edition release had more bonus material than is included on this DVD.
Guess we'll have to wait for the Ultimate Edition Boxed set for a truely special edition .
In the meantime this one will due.
Sept 2007: Pre - order pages are appearing for New York, New York: 30th Anniversary Edition, Reportedly 2 discs. Hopefully it's a vast improvement on this one. Buy it instead.
Movie Review: A Long Goodbye
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert DeNiro plays a jazz musician, Jimmy Doyle. Liza Minnelli plays a singer, Francine Evans. WWII has ended. Doyle picks her up at a party. They fall in love. They start an act together. They have a baby and their marriage starts to fall apart. Evans goes on to star in fancy Hollywood musicals. Doyle can't, and doesn't really want to make the transition, but respects his ex-wife and her new boyfriend, since he can give her something he can't. In the end, Doyle has the opportunity to leave with Evans in the mothership, but decides to stay on the ground. That pretty much sums up all two and a half hours of this film. It's the execution that makes it great.
I found this movie sticking out from a shelf in the library. After I watched it, I figured it was Scorsese's way of saying goodbye to his first wife. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding what other people are going through. So, I said, "Thanks for sharing that with me." I'm not sure if he heard me.
Movie Review: A MUST HAVE DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Nostalgic movie well acted (and well sung, too) in a gorgeous band era (40's) background, under a tactful Scorzese's direction.Movie Review: THE AUDIO AND VIDEO ARE EXCELLENT!
Summary: 4 Stars
THE STORY MAY NOT BE GREAT BUT HIS DVD VERSION HAS EXCELLENT VIDEO AND AUDIO. I RECOMMEND IT FOR SCORSESE FANS!