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Memory and Imagination in FilmLiving in Manhattan in the 19th Century

Memory and Imagination in Film: Living in Manhattan in the 19th Century [Gangs of New York was released in 2002, but it had been conceived a quarter of a century before. It was in the 1970s that Scorsese read Herbert J. Asbury’s book The Gangs of New York (1928), and, being such a passionate lover of the city, he was inspired by the history of the various groups in Manhattan in the 19th century. His friend and collaborator, Jay Cocks, immediately started to write the screenplay. Hollywood magazines spread the news that the producer Alberto Grimaldi had optioned the rights, and Scorsese made several attempts to get the budget, but this film remained just a wish for a long time. Finally, at the end of the 1990s, as Scorsese declared, ‘everything came together’ and ‘Harvey Weinstein at Miramax agreed to do the picture’.1 This distribution company, founded in 1979 by the two brothers Weinstein, film buffs who after their commercial success in concert production entered the film industry, was bought in 1993 by Walt Disney Studio Entertainment; the two brothers stayed on at the head of Miramax. In the 1980s, an impressive number of Oscars went to several movies produced by the company, as to United Artists in the 1940s: Miramax is a giant. As announced at the Cannes Festival in 2013, Scorsese is now collaborating with the company to develop his 2002 film on the gangs in a TV series.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Memory and Imagination in FilmLiving in Manhattan in the 19th Century

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Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
ISBN
978-1-349-31743-1
Pages
15 –60
DOI
10.1057/9781137319432_2
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Abstract

[Gangs of New York was released in 2002, but it had been conceived a quarter of a century before. It was in the 1970s that Scorsese read Herbert J. Asbury’s book The Gangs of New York (1928), and, being such a passionate lover of the city, he was inspired by the history of the various groups in Manhattan in the 19th century. His friend and collaborator, Jay Cocks, immediately started to write the screenplay. Hollywood magazines spread the news that the producer Alberto Grimaldi had optioned the rights, and Scorsese made several attempts to get the budget, but this film remained just a wish for a long time. Finally, at the end of the 1990s, as Scorsese declared, ‘everything came together’ and ‘Harvey Weinstein at Miramax agreed to do the picture’.1 This distribution company, founded in 1979 by the two brothers Weinstein, film buffs who after their commercial success in concert production entered the film industry, was bought in 1993 by Walt Disney Studio Entertainment; the two brothers stayed on at the head of Miramax. In the 1980s, an impressive number of Oscars went to several movies produced by the company, as to United Artists in the 1940s: Miramax is a giant. As announced at the Cannes Festival in 2013, Scorsese is now collaborating with the company to develop his 2002 film on the gangs in a TV series.]

Published: Oct 13, 2015

Keywords: 19th Century; Taxi Driver; Mental Time Travel; Personal Journey; Focus Shot

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