New York in Film

Every day I walk around the city and see movies or TV being shot. Some months ago, I was coming home late at night and there was a movie set up ahead, and I kind of made my way over to it just in time to see Steve Martin striding goofily across the street in a yellow suit. Turns out it was likely a scene from the Pink Panther. So much is filmed in New York that it's got to be hard to come up with a concise list of classic New York Film scenes…that is, scenes from classic films placed in the city. My tastes would range all over the place, from the Warriors (Central Park) to the Godfather (Lower East Side). Fodors has put together its own list of these scenes and places, and while I agree with several of the films they consider "classics" (I guess that's the real issue here…what is classic and what is not) I concur, others (You've Got Mail) I am more dubious. But regardless, it could make a nice guide to the city if you are both a movie fan and coming to the city for the first (or second, or whatever) time.

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