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Top 10 Films-Set-In-New-York-During-The-60s-And-70s

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Thanks to @SkotArmstrong for this Andy Warhol double bill…

Empire (1964). Empire consists of a single stationary shot of the Empire State Building filmed from 8:06 p.m. to 2:42 a.m., July 25–26, 1964. MoMA.
warhol empire
Batman Dracula (1967)….silent and in black and white. According to Warhol, the movie was created as an “homage” to the Batman series, but it was not authorized by DC Comics. Lostmediawiki.
batman dracula warhol
Trois Chambres A Manhattan (Marcel Carne, 1965). When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractive young woman, Kay Larsi, in a bar. IMDB.
Suggested by @JADecuteduson.
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Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976). One petty hoodlum’s (Peter Falk) lifelong friendship with another (John Cassavetes) allows one to lead a hit man to the other. Wikipedia.
Many thanks to @vixticator.
mikey and nicky

Bye Bye Monkey (Marco Ferreri, 1978). A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong’s orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it. IMDB.
This was my pick.
marco ferreri bye bye monkey
The April Fools (Stuart Rosenberg, 1969). A married stockbroker (Jack Lemmon) meets his boss’s (Peter Lawford) wife (Catherine Deneuve) at a cocktail party and decides to run off with her to Paris. Wikipedia.
Nominated by @Filmkuratorium.
april fools

And a double bill of Al Pacino pictures…

The Panic In Needle Park (Jerry Schatzberg, 1971). Follows the lives of heroin addicts who frequent “Needle Park” in New York City. IMDB.
@Deadlettersdept and @mentalint nominated this.
panic
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975). A man robs a bank to pay for his lover’s operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus. IMDB.
Thanks to @GloriaBB2 for this.
dog day
King Kong (John Guillermin, 1976). A modern remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a giant ape that is captured and imported to New York City for exhibition. Wikipedia.
Suggested by @Paulvonmitchell.
king kong poster
Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, 1979). Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover, a fashion model. IMDB.
Thanks to @12pt9.
liquid sky

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