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New York Stories

May 04, 2023

New York Stories is a 1989 American anthology film consisting of three segments with the central theme being New York City.

New York Stories
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • March 10, 1989 (1989-03-10) (United States)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$10.7 million

The first is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Richard Price and starring Nick Nolte. The second is Life Without Zoë, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola with his daughter, Sofia Coppola. The last is Oedipus Wrecks, directed, written by and starring Woody Allen. In foreign theatrical releases, the order of the three films was altered, Coppola's being first, followed by Allen's, and finishing with Scorsese's.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Plot

Life Lessons

Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed abstract artist who finds himself unable to paint during the days before a scheduled gallery exhibition of his new work. Paulette is Lionel's assistant and former lover. Lionel is still infatuated with her, but Paulette wants only his tutelage, which makes things difficult since they live in the same studio-loft. Paulette dates other people, including a performance artist and a painter.

These deliberate provocations on Paulette's part make Lionel insanely jealous—and fuel his creativity. Lionel and Paulette, it becomes clear, have been using each other: Lionel using her sexually, Paulette using him as a means of entry into the higher spheres of the New York social and art scene. Paulette wants to give up and go home to her parents but Lionel persuades her to stay because New York is where a painter needs to be.

Lionel pours his anxiety and repressed passion into his work. Paintings around the studio show visual metaphors from relations past: stormy skies, burning bridges, and tormented clowns. Lionel realizes that he needs the emotional turmoil of his destructive relationships in order to fuel his art. At the art exhibit, Lionel meets another attractive young woman, a struggling painter. He persuades her to become his assistant and potentially his lover, beginning the cycle anew.

Life Without Zoë

Zoë is a 12-year-old schoolgirl who lives in a luxury hotel. She helps return to an Arab princess a valuable piece of jewelry that the princess had given to Zoë's father and had been subsequently stolen and recovered. Zoë tries to reconcile her divorced mother, a photographer, and father, a flautist.

Oedipus Wrecks

New York lawyer Sheldon Mills has problems with his overly critical mother Sadie Millstein. Sheldon complains constantly to his therapist about her, wishing aloud that she would just disappear. Sheldon takes his shiksa fiancée, Lisa, to meet his mother, who immediately embarrasses him. The three, as well as Lisa's children from a previous marriage, go to a magic show. His mother is invited on stage to be a part of the magician's act. She is put inside a box that has swords stuck through it and she disappears, just as she is supposed to, but then she never reappears.

Although he is furious at first, this development turns out to be great for Sheldon because, with her out of his life, he can finally relax. But soon, to his horror, his mother reappears in the sky over New York City. She begins to annoy Sheldon and Lisa (with the whole city now watching) by constantly talking to strangers about his most embarrassing moments. This puts a strain on his relationship with Lisa, who leaves him. Sheldon is persuaded by his psychiatrist to see a psychic, Treva, to try to get his mother back to reality. Treva's experiments fail, but Sheldon falls for her. When he introduces Treva to his mother, she approves and comes back to Earth.

Cast

Soundtracks

Life Lessons

Life Without Zoe

This segment's music was almost written in its entirety by Kid Creole (August Darnell) and performed by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, except where noted.

  • "Zoe"
  • "Daiquiri Daiquira"
  • "Schoolin"
  • "Abu"
  • "The Robbery"
  • "My Love"
  • "People Will Talk"
  • "Party Girl"
  • "Don't Lead Me On"
  • "March of the Waiters"
  • "Takin' a Holiday"
  • "12th Street" by Thick as Thieves
  • "Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Lee Perkins
  • "Back to School" by Pianosaurus

Oedipus Wrecks

Reception

Box office

New York Stories opened on March 10, 1989, earning $432,337 in 12 theaters over its opening weekend. The film went on to gross $10,763,469 domestically playing in 514 theaters.[4]

Critical response

New York Stories holds a 75% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 24 reviews.[5]

Allen and Scorsese's segments of the film have generally been praised. However, Hal Hinson, writing in The Washington Post felt that Coppola's segment was "by far the director's worst work yet."[6] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half stars, saying "New York Stories consists of three films, one good, one bad, one disappointing." He further explained, "Of the three films, the only really successful one is Life Lessons, the Scorsese story of a middle-age painter and his young, discontented girlfriend. The Coppola, an updated version of the story of Eloise, the little girl who lived in the Plaza Hotel, is surprisingly thin and unfocused. And the Allen, about a 50-year-old man still dominated by his mother, starts well but then takes a wrong turn about halfway through."[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Life Without Zoë

References

  1. ^ "New York Stories (1989)". BBFC. from the original on July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: New York Stories". Cannes Film Festival. from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2009.
  3. ^ Harvey, Adam (2007). The Soundtracks of Woody Allen. Macfarland & Company. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-786-42968-4.
  4. ^ "Box Office Information for New York Stories". Box Office Mojo. from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
  5. ^ New York Stories at Rotten Tomatoes
  6. ^ Hinson, Hal (March 3, 1989). "New York Stories". The Washington Post. from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  7. ^ Ebert, Roger (March 3, 1989). "New York Stories". Chicago Sun-Times. from the original on July 8, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.

External links

 
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  • New York Stories at Box Office Mojo
  • New York Stories at Rotten Tomatoes
  • The New York Times review

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york, stories, 1989, american, anthology, film, consisting, three, segments, with, central, theme, being, york, city, theatrical, release, posterdirected, bywoody, allen, francis, ford, coppola, martin, scorsesewritten, byrichard, price, francis, ford, coppola. New York Stories is a 1989 American anthology film consisting of three segments with the central theme being New York City New York StoriesTheatrical release posterDirected byWoody Allen Francis Ford Coppola Martin ScorseseWritten byRichard Price Francis Ford Coppola Sofia Coppola Woody AllenProduced byJack Rollins Charles H Joffe Robert Greenhut Barbara De Fina Fred Roos Fred FuchsStarringWoody Allen Rosanna Arquette Mia Farrow Giancarlo Giannini Julie Kavner Nick Nolte Talia ShireCinematographyNestor Almendros Vittorio Storaro Sven NykvistEdited byThelma Schoonmaker Barry Malkin Susan E MorseMusic byCarmine Coppola Kid Creole and the CoconutsProductioncompaniesTouchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV American Zoetrope a Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution United States Warner Bros international 1 Release dateMarch 10 1989 1989 03 10 United States Running time124 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 15 millionBox office 10 7 millionThe first is Life Lessons directed by Martin Scorsese written by Richard Price and starring Nick Nolte The second is Life Without Zoe directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola with his daughter Sofia Coppola The last is Oedipus Wrecks directed written by and starring Woody Allen In foreign theatrical releases the order of the three films was altered Coppola s being first followed by Allen s and finishing with Scorsese s The film was screened out of competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival 2 Contents 1 Plot 1 1 Life Lessons 1 2 Life Without Zoe 1 3 Oedipus Wrecks 2 Cast 3 Soundtracks 3 1 Life Lessons 3 2 Life Without Zoe 3 3 Oedipus Wrecks 4 Reception 4 1 Box office 4 2 Critical response 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditLife Lessons Edit Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed abstract artist who finds himself unable to paint during the days before a scheduled gallery exhibition of his new work Paulette is Lionel s assistant and former lover Lionel is still infatuated with her but Paulette wants only his tutelage which makes things difficult since they live in the same studio loft Paulette dates other people including a performance artist and a painter These deliberate provocations on Paulette s part make Lionel insanely jealous and fuel his creativity Lionel and Paulette it becomes clear have been using each other Lionel using her sexually Paulette using him as a means of entry into the higher spheres of the New York social and art scene Paulette wants to give up and go home to her parents but Lionel persuades her to stay because New York is where a painter needs to be Lionel pours his anxiety and repressed passion into his work Paintings around the studio show visual metaphors from relations past stormy skies burning bridges and tormented clowns Lionel realizes that he needs the emotional turmoil of his destructive relationships in order to fuel his art At the art exhibit Lionel meets another attractive young woman a struggling painter He persuades her to become his assistant and potentially his lover beginning the cycle anew Life Without Zoe Edit Zoe is a 12 year old schoolgirl who lives in a luxury hotel She helps return to an Arab princess a valuable piece of jewelry that the princess had given to Zoe s father and had been subsequently stolen and recovered Zoe tries to reconcile her divorced mother a photographer and father a flautist Oedipus Wrecks Edit New York lawyer Sheldon Mills has problems with his overly critical mother Sadie Millstein Sheldon complains constantly to his therapist about her wishing aloud that she would just disappear Sheldon takes his shiksa fiancee Lisa to meet his mother who immediately embarrasses him The three as well as Lisa s children from a previous marriage go to a magic show His mother is invited on stage to be a part of the magician s act She is put inside a box that has swords stuck through it and she disappears just as she is supposed to but then she never reappears Although he is furious at first this development turns out to be great for Sheldon because with her out of his life he can finally relax But soon to his horror his mother reappears in the sky over New York City She begins to annoy Sheldon and Lisa with the whole city now watching by constantly talking to strangers about his most embarrassing moments This puts a strain on his relationship with Lisa who leaves him Sheldon is persuaded by his psychiatrist to see a psychic Treva to try to get his mother back to reality Treva s experiments fail but Sheldon falls for her When he introduces Treva to his mother she approves and comes back to Earth Cast EditLife Lessons Nick Nolte as Lionel Dobie Rosanna Arquette as Paulette Steve Buscemi as Gregory Stark Jesse Borrego as Reuben Toro Peter Gabriel as himself Illeana Douglas as Paulette s friend Deborah Harry as girl at Blind Alley Life Without Zoe Heather McComb as Zoe Talia Shire as Charlotte Giancarlo Giannini as Claudio Don Novello as Hector Adrien Brody as Mel Chris Elliott as robber Carmine Coppola as street musician Carole Bouquet as Princess Soraya Oedipus Wrecks Woody Allen as Sheldon Mills Mae Questel as Mother Mia Farrow as Lisa Julie Kavner as Treva George Schindler as Shandu the magician Larry David as theater manager Mike Starr as hardhat Ira Wheeler as Mr Bates Kirsten Dunst as Lisa s daughterSoundtracks EditLife Lessons Edit A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum Politician by Cream The Right Time by Ray Charles Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan The Band It Could Happen to You written by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen That Old Black Magic written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen Stella by Starlight written by Ned Washington and Victor Young Conquistador by Procol Harum Nessun dorma by Mario Del Monaco Sex Kick by Transvision Vamp What Is This Thing Called Love performed by The Hot Club of France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli Bolero de Django by The Hot Club of France with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli Life Without Zoe Edit This segment s music was almost written in its entirety by Kid Creole August Darnell and performed by Kid Creole and the Coconuts except where noted Zoe Daiquiri Daiquira Schoolin Abu The Robbery My Love People Will Talk Party Girl Don t Lead Me On March of the Waiters Takin a Holiday 12th Street by Thick as Thieves Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Lee Perkins Back to School by Pianosaurus Oedipus Wrecks Edit I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad by Frankie Carle Mother by Bernie Leighton Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman In a Persian Market by Wilbur de Paris I ll Be Seeing You by Liberace I ve Found a New Baby by Wilbur de Paris All the Things You Are by David Rose amp His Orchestra June in January by David Rose amp His Orchestra 3 Reception EditBox office Edit New York Stories opened on March 10 1989 earning 432 337 in 12 theaters over its opening weekend The film went on to gross 10 763 469 domestically playing in 514 theaters 4 Critical response Edit New York Stories holds a 75 fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 24 reviews 5 Allen and Scorsese s segments of the film have generally been praised However Hal Hinson writing in The Washington Post felt that Coppola s segment was by far the director s worst work yet 6 Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun Times gave the film two and a half stars saying New York Stories consists of three films one good one bad one disappointing He further explained Of the three films the only really successful one is Life Lessons the Scorsese story of a middle age painter and his young discontented girlfriend The Coppola an updated version of the story of Eloise the little girl who lived in the Plaza Hotel is surprisingly thin and unfocused And the Allen about a 50 year old man still dominated by his mother starts well but then takes a wrong turn about halfway through 7 Notes Edit Life Without ZoeReferences Edit New York Stories 1989 BBFC Archived from the original on July 29 2021 Retrieved July 29 2021 Festival de Cannes New York Stories Cannes Film Festival Archived from the original on June 16 2012 Retrieved August 4 2009 Harvey Adam 2007 The Soundtracks of Woody Allen Macfarland amp Company p 101 ISBN 978 0 786 42968 4 Box Office Information for New York Stories Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on May 7 2014 Retrieved May 6 2014 New York Stories at Rotten Tomatoes Hinson Hal March 3 1989 New York Stories The Washington Post Archived from the original on January 21 2012 Retrieved May 20 2010 Ebert Roger March 3 1989 New York Stories Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on July 8 2014 Retrieved May 6 2014 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to New York Stories John Walker New York Stories Life Lessons film review Art Monthly artdesigncafe Retrieved 6 January 2012 New York Stories at IMDb New York Stories at AllMovie New York Stories at Box Office Mojo New York Stories at Rotten Tomatoes The New York Times review Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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