He landed on Netflix one of the most longed-for documentary series of 2021. “Suppose New York is a city,” directed by filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who returns to the platform after presenting the Oscar-nominated “The Irishman” (2019), proposes an avid portrait of, worth the redundancy, the city, with the critical gaze offered by writer Fran Lebowitz.Composed of seven episodes lasting 30 minutes each , the award-winning director offers a portrait centered on the comedian, who in addition to his essays transcended by his talent for telling anecdotes and stories. This is how the duo returns after “Public Speaking” (2010, HBO), a documentary that included monologues by the New York writer, as well as conversations with the filmmaker.
This is how “Suppose New York is a city” functions as a continuation or extension of its previous production, to analyze and delve into social issues such as cultural and city-specific. Throughout her career, Lebowitz is the author of the books Metropolitan Life (1978) and Social Studies (1981), and worked in various media until being hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for Interview magazine.
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For his part, Scorsese is working on his next film project while reaping the views and reviews of the film he produced: let’s remember that he recently premiered also on Netfix “Pieces of a Woman”, a film he sponsored with Sam Levinson (“Euphoria”). As for what’s to come, the award-winning director prepares the adaptation of “Killers of the Flower Moon”, based on Davig Grann’s bestseller, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. A story of crimes and political corruption.
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