The naked city

The naked city

DVD - 2007

A squad of homicide detectives roam through the seamier parts of New York City as they solve a murder case. Gives viewers an unvarnished look at life in the city using the technique of neorealism.

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Subjects
Film noir.
Detective and mystery films.
Murder > Drama.
Detectives > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Feature films.
Genres
Feature films
Published
New York, NY : Criterion Collection [2007]
Language
English
Other Authors
Jules Dassin, 1911-2008 (-), Albert Maltz, 1908-1985, Malvin Wald, Miklós Rózsa, 1907-1995, Frank Skinner, 1897-1968
Edition
Full screen version
Item Description
Videodisc release of the 1948 motion picture.
Special features: audio commentary by screenwriter Malvin Wald; video interview with NYU film professor Dana Polan; analysis of the film's New York locations by Celluloid skyline author James Sanders; footage of Jules Dassin from his 2004 appearance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; theatrical trailer; stills gallery.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
Standard full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD)(96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Awards
Academy Awards (1948): winner for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Best Film Editing; Best Writing, Motion Picture Story.
Production Credits
Director of photography, William Daniels ; film editor, Paul Weatherwax ; music, Miklos Rozsa and Frank Skinner.
ISBN
9781934121313
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Influenced by Italian neorealism and groundbreaking for its era, Jules Dassin's police procedural was shot on Big Apple streets rather than a studio back lot. The voiceover narration ("There are eight million stories in the naked city...") feels stiff and intrusive, but the murder investigation has a documentary-like authenticity. Brute Force (ISBN 1-934121-30-4), a well-acted and gritty-for-its-time prison drama Dassin directed the year before, is also being released in remastered form. For larger collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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