Most people in this city can at least somewhat relate to the neuroses and New York fondness that comprises Woody Allen, Icon. But one NYU film student is attempting to rival Allen himself with a remake of his memorable 1979 love letter to the city, Bolt download.com/title/tt0079522/”>Manhattan. Borrowing generously from the original, NYU film student Ricky D’Ambrose has created a hipster’s wet dream (or so Buzzfeed seems to think) by offering the ultimate contemporary ode to… Brooklyn. The trailer, embedded below, is appropriately pretentious, with necessary references to n+1, Edward Said YouTube interviews and Sarah Lawrence. Basically this film looks like Tao Lin rewrote the Manhattan script so that the characters could philosophize on the State Of Their Lives via Gchat. Check the trailer out below.
This Guy Thinks He’s Woody Allen
By Jessica Roy on September 1st, 2009
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I’ll take Tao Lin’s rewrite of the Manhattan script over this, actually.
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