When you write a book that covers 100 years of one subject’s history, you’re going to have to leave a lot of stuff out.
When you write a book that covers 100 years of two subject’s history, you’re going to have to leave out even more.
This is the conundrum I was faced with in writing “Fun City Cinema: New York and the Movies That Made It”(out in fall of 2021 from Abrams Books); it’s an intermingled history of New York City and New York City movies, covering 1920 to 2020, with each chapter focusing on one key NYC film from each decade.Continue reading The Secretly Rich Historical & Holiday Text of ‘Home Alone 2: Lost In New York’ [Fun City Cinema Podcast Bonus] at The Playlist.
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