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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWill give readers with more than a casual interest in movies a look at some key people who influenced New Cinema. Library Journal [The New Yorker Theater] will certainly appeal to film buffs, to New Yorkers, and to celebrity watchers. And there are valuable materials for cinematic historians as well. -- Richard Horwich The East Hampton Star A rare and valuable historical record of a special time. -- James Monaco Cineaste
Table of ContentsForeword by Martin Scorsese Acknowledgments Reel 1: The Theater Genesis of the Theater Flashback How the Theater Got Its Name Opening Programs A Family Store Struggles and Obstacles of an Art House Matinees Brief Encounter Walking to Work Cinephiles Monday Nights: Special Series A Phone Call Peter Bogdanovich Events of 1968 Kids Guest Books Things That Bug an Exhibitor-and an Audience Payoffs Reel 2: Distribution Bernardo Bertolucci Jean-Luc Godard Ousmane Sembene Point of Order New Yorker Films Cinema Novo and Latin American Films Catalogues Alain Tanner Jack Gelber Nagisa Oshima Satyajit Ray and Ismail Merchant Jacques Tati Yasujiro Ozu Dreamland Problems of Distribution A Last Hurrah Shoah Reel 3: On Location New Yorker Bookstore Box Office Candy-Counter Tales Reel 4: Film Critics Manny Farber Andrew Sarris Pauline Kael Vincent Canby Reel 5: Festivals Cannes Berlin Fassbinder Post-Toronto: 2001 Reel 6: Demolition The End of New Yorker Films Reel 7: Epilogue: An Ongoing Reel Appendix 1: Program Notes (sample pages) Appendix 2: American Theatrical Premieres at the Cinema Studio Appendix 3: American Theatrical Premieres at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Guest Books/Sample Pages Ledger from the New Yorker Theater (sample pages) Index
