The documentary "Koch" was released in New York on the same day that former Mayor Ed Koch died at age 88. Garance Franke-Ruta, a senior editor at The Atlantic, takes a cinematic tour of Koch-era New York, comparing it to New York films that preceded his administration in the 1970s. It runs from the grit of "Serpico," through Woody Allen's nostalgic "Manhattan" to Whit Stillman's upper-crust "Metropolitan." Also featured is the trailer from "Koch," as well as a clip from the recent documentary "Blank City," a wonderful foray into the music and filmmaking (often intertwined) from Jarmusch-era New York in the 1970s and '80s.
Bonus track: the "Blank City" trailer.
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