Empire City (1985)
Empire City
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Donald Trump
as Self
as Self
Ed Koch
as Self
as Self
Jane Jacobs
as Self
as Self
Elia Kazan
as Self
as Self
Norman Mailer
as Self
as Self
Arthur Miller
as Self
as Self
Jason Robards
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Crew arrow_drop_down
Mead Hunt
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
David Schmerler
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Michael Blackwood
Producer
Producer
Peter Brugger
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Thomas Holaday
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Ned Bastille
Editor
Editor
Frances Fitzgerald
Writer
Writer
Pamela Katz
Assistant Camera
Assistant Camera
Tom Fleischman
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Michael Blackwood
Director
Director
