The Grime And Glamour Of The Long 1970s Summary

Book Review Draft: Starring New York
Felice Napoli
Queens College Introduction
The book “Starring New York: Filming the Grime and Glamour of the Long 1970s” by Stanley Corkin focuses on how different films in the 1970s portrayed New York, initially as an area with tales of anti-urbanism and later as a place undergoing transformation of its physical state and its people. The author uses these films to present the cultural and economic factors of New York that were depicted in these films, and the spatial representation of New York in its efforts to attain global recognition through transition of public to private space, culture and class. The author establishes that representation of New York in films and regional stigmatization influenced the creative damage and urban gentrification of New York in the 1970s.
Summary
The book focuses on films such as The Godfather, Mean Streets, Death Wish and Superfly to present different arguments on how they portrayed New York. The author uses themes such as territorial stigmatization in New York.
Evaluation and analysis
The author attempts to establish the impact that filmmaking had on New York. Corkin provides an in-depth explanation of how these films destroyed the city’s image by

Each theme is supported by evidence from several films, as the author explores how the films have portrayed New York using their depictive messages. This approach ensures that the book is able to focus on a variety of issues that were vital to the reinforcement of change of New York in the Twentieth Century. The detailed explanation also provides clear understanding of the author’s view, which are very persuasive especially in highlighting how much the city has changed. The book also highlights the vital role of films in representing negative and positive aspects of the city and how these aspects affect the process of urbanism of New