Schrader Ep. 20: City Hall (1996)

Jul 26, 2024

Now I've heard of a Major Motion Picture...but a Mayor Motion Picture??? Now I'm being carted off to a hospital for having typed that!! Nah, just kidding. We're talking about one of those today: Harold Becker's 1996 not-John-Grisham city politics thriller CITY HALL, on which Paul Schrader was one of four credited writers! Your favorite Pauld Casty boys had a grand old time talking municipal procedure, Al Pacino, Danny Aiello, Donald Manes, David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani, bongo clubs, and more. Plus, obviously: impressions.

Further Reading:

Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein

"Rudy Giuliani Has Been Peddling Racist Political Tropes for More Than 3 Decades" by John Nichols

"White Riot: In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history" by Laura Nahmias

Further Viewing:

CITY HALL (Wiseman, 2020)

SEA OF LOVE (Becker, 1989)

THE FIRM (Pollack, 1993), etc.

 

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