Empire City

　　1985美国纪录片传记《Empire City》由Michael Blackwood导演，Brooke Astor主演，影片讲述的是：
Guided by seasoned New Yorkers political figures and cultural connoisseurs Empire City examines Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs in order to paint a portrait of the everevolving metropolis Appearing to be both adaptable and stubbornly stagnant New York is a city of juxtapositions As our narrator notes The city is too b...[显示全部]ig too diverse and too complex for anyone to comprehend New York is many cities interlaced with one another each in constant independent motion In Empire City we see proof of this dynamic through both footage and discussion of extreme wealth economic success and increasingly expensive real estate versus the hardships faced by the citys minorities such as people of color immigrants and the lower class Leaders and residents such as David Rockefeller Edward Koch Norman Mailer Jane Jacobs and Herman Badillo offer their insight into the best and worst of New York while tenderly noting the pride and loyalty its inhabitants hold onto