The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies / Toby Talbot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Talbot, Toby, author.

Contributor:

Scorsese, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talbot, Toby.

Talbot, Daniel.

New Yorker Theater (New York, N.Y.)--History.

New Yorker Theater (New York, N.Y.).

Motion picture theater owners--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Motion picture theater owners.

Motion picture theaters--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Motion picture theaters.

Motion picture theater owners--History--20th century--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Motion picture theaters--New York--New York (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 352 p., [25] p. of plates ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nation didn't know it, but 1960 would change American film forever, and the revolution would occur nowhere near a Hollywood set. With the opening of the New Yorker Theater, a cinema located at the heart of Manhattan's Upper West Side, cutting-edge films from around the world were screened for an eager audience, including the city's most influential producers, directors, critics, and writers. Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Susan Sontag, Andrew Sarris, and Pauline Kael, among many others, would make the New Yorker their home, trusting in the owners' impeccable taste and incorporating much of what they viewed into their work. In this irresistible memoir, Toby Talbot, co-owner and proud "matron" of the New Yorker Theater, reveals the story behind Manhattan's wild and wonderful affair with art-house film. With her husband Dan, Talbot showcased a range of eclectic films, introducing French New Wave and New German cinema, along with other groundbreaking genres and styles. As Vietnam protests and the struggle for civil rights raged outside, the Talbots also took the lead in distributing political films, such as Bernard Bertolucci's Before the Revolution, and documentaries, such as Shoah and Point of Order.Talbot enhances her stories with selections from the New Yorker's essential archives, including program notes by Jack Kerouac, Jules Feiffer, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonas Mekas, Jack Gelber, and Harold Humes. These artifacts testify to the deeply engaged and collaborative spirit behind each showing, and they illuminate the myriad—and often entertaining—aspects of theater operation. All in all, Talbot's tales capture the highs and lows of a thrilling era in filmmaking.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD / Scorsese, Martin

Acknowledgments

REEL 1: The Theater

REEL 2: Distribution

REEL 3: On Location

REEL 4: Film Critics

REEL 5: Festivals

REEL 6: Demolition

REEL 7: Epilogue: An Ongoing Reel

APPENDIX 1: Program Notes

APPENDIX 2: American Theatrical Premieres at the Cinema Studio

APPENDIX 3: American Theatrical Premieres at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas

Guest Book /Sample Pages

LEDGER from the New Yorker Theater

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780231519823

0231519826

OCLC:

1013937329