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Prologue i

Street Smart

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Prologue iii

STREET

SMART

THE NEW YORK OF LUMET,

ALLEN, SCORSESE, AND LEE

The University Press of Kentucky

RICHARD A. BLAKE

iv Prologue

Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant

from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth,

serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre

College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,

The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College,

Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,

Morehead State University, Murray State University,

Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University,

University of Kentucky, University of Louisville,

and Western Kentucky University.

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All photographs are courtesy of Jerry Olingher’s Movie Materials Store in New York, N.Y.

0908070605 54321

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Blake, Richard Aloysius.

Street smart : the New York of Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee / Richard A. Blake.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8131-2357-7 (alk. paper)

1. New York (N.Y.)—In motion pictures. 2. Lumet, Sidney, 1924—Criticism and

interpretation. 3. Allen, Woody—Criticism and interpretation. 4. Scorsese,

Martin—Criticism and interpretation. 5. Lee, Spike—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title.

PN1995.9.N49B63 2005

791.43’627471—dc22 2005007622

This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting

the requirements of the American National Standard

for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

Manufactured in the United States of America.

Member of the Association of

American University Presses

Street Smart - The New York of Lumet Allen Scorsese and Lee.pdf