Edward norton uses motherless brooklyn to examine robert. Edward nortons motherless brooklyn is set in robert moses new york the actor stars in and directs, and wrote the screenplay for his adaptation of jonathan lethems detective novel. It takes some chutzpah to give your sophomore effort as a film director a title that rhymes with citizen kane. Documentary about architect robert moses who is responsible for public works projects like the lincoln center and the united nations in. Jane jacobs vs robert moses documentary of the week wnyc. Oliver stone to direct power broker film for hbo exclusive. And good for matt tyrnauer, the vanity fair writer turned filmmaker whose newest documentary, citizen jane. The woman who saved new york city from superhighway hell.
Lewis and robert caro participated in the making of the series as consultants, and. Robert moses was born on december 18, 1888 in new haven, connecticut, usa. Jane jacobs documentary filmmaker matt tyrnaeur talks. Robert moses was the despotic planner hellbent on building. The film comes to a climax with the destruction of penn station, the battle over the lower. Nicholas meyer will pen the script for the telepic based on robert caros pulitzerprize winning book about how robert moses. A new documentary leaves jane jacobs trapped in the rubble. I get that, but to compare trump to robert moses is to insult robert moses. Jane jacobs in an archival image in the new documentary citizen jane.
Edward norton on new york citys secret sin and the. A character named moses randolph and inspired by robert moses is portrayed by alec baldwin in the 2019 film motherless brooklyn. Robert moses was the despotic planner hellbent on building fourlane highways through neighbourhoods. American experience the world that moses built tv episode. It was a comment that showed moses belief in the arrogant british philosophical views of the wealthy. The operaticscale drama of the mets 1966 move to lincoln center is explored in the opera house, a new documentary. Jane jacobs documentary filmmaker matt tyrnaeur talks cities and activism. A new film, citizen jane, revisits their david and goliath struggle for the soul of new york. The next part of the film is action because she sees robert moses as.
A lot of people who have seen the film tell me how they see the contemporary resonance, tyrnauer says. Moses is the subject of a critical song by nyhc band sick of it all entitled robert moses was a racist, included on their 2018 album wake the sleeping dragon the band bob moses is named in honor of robert moses. Jane jacobss righteousand winningcrusade against robert moses. The film is an adaptation of jonathan lethems novel, but robert caros reporting on robert moses is just as important an inspiration. He died on july 29, 1981 in west islip, long island, new york, usa. Guardia and master builder robert moses, both of whom attempted to create, in the. How robert moses shaped the long island, he misunderstood. Jacobs nemesis in the documentary the developer robert moses, presented as the single greatest destroyer of the soul of the american city during the postww2 era in the us at least pointed out in the doc that traffic gridlock is a very bad thing, and needed to be dealt with. Robert moses brooklyn, new york professional profile. Battle for the city, packages that story around the damage felt. In a film clip from rick burns documentary on new york, robert moses said to the camera in arrogant fashion, that the public did not know what was good for them.
In his foray into the art of biography, which won the 1974 pulitzer prize, robert caros profile of robert moses, the power broker, forever recast moses legacy. Citizen jane is a primer on how to resist authoritarianism. Edward nortons motherless brooklyn is set in robert. This 2017 film dives into the war jane jacobs waged against robert moses in the. Battle for the city, filmmaker matt tyrnauer tells the story of how jacobs led a movement to block moses from building a highway. Battle for the city, a rousing documentary about journalistactivist jane jacobs and her fight in the. Battle for the city, a rousing documentary about journalistactivist jane jacobs and her fight in the 1960s against robert moses, new yorks tsar. Edward norton conjures robert mosess new york the new. In the film, randolph, played to the hilt by alec baldwin, is the head of the borough authority, a fictional variation on the triborough bridge and tunnel authority t.
Selected for both the toronto and new york film festivals last year. This extensive documentary reveals new york as a complex and dynamic city. Jane jacobs fought against robert moses plans to develop lower manhattan. Ostensibly at least to judge from the title a portrait of jacobs, whose. Jane jacobs, roberts moses and the death and life of great american cities. From ric burns masterful pbs documentary about new york city comes this inspiring david and goliath story of the battle for human scale neighborhoods. The best nyc documentaries to stream right now curbed ny. Edward norton on new york citys secret sin and the complicated legacy of robert moses. Images via library of congress and the metropolitan transportation authority bridges and tunnels special archives. It takes some chutzpah to give your sophomore effort as a film director a. The radical activist jane jacobs makes a compelling subject for this documentary, which details her struggle with despotic planner robert moses.
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