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SCENES FROM THE CITY: 40 YEARS OF FILMMAKING IN NEW YORK Series: The 44th New York Film Festival [Sept 29 - Oct 15 2006] Runtime: 120 In 1966, New York Mayor John Lindsay established the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, the first agency of its kind in the world, to facilitate the production of films, television shows and commercials in the five boroughs. In the decades to come, the Mayor's Office would dramatically revitalize production in the city and help change forever the look and feel of American movies. James Sanders, filmmaker, writer and editor of "Scenes from the City," a new book produced in conjunction with the Mayor's Office, will trace the evolution and impact of location filmmaking in New York, from the early explosion in the 1960s and 1970s to the rise of a New York-based "independent" film industry in the 1980s and '90s. The talk, illustrated with rare and unusual production stills and location photos, will explore the manner in which “location shooting” has reflected the dramatic changes to the city and its neighborhoods. Event at Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level.

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