70s New York/big cities in films

[phantom_power]

No, part of the thing about it was, I think, that foreign films were clearly more horrible and dangerous than UK ones. There were no Hammer films on the list of anything, but some fairly tame US and Italian ones were

[willbo]

The most controversial/banned film set in the UK I can think of is Straw Dogs?

[phantom_power]

Clockwork Orange?

[famethrowa]

I don't think any 'video nasties' were UK made films (feel free to correct me horror fans).

I think I may be lumping it in with Xtro, does that count?

[phantom_power]

The Texas Chain Store Massacre

[zomgmouse]

the living dead at MANCHESTER morgue

[Ferris]

That thing about Toronto pretending to be NY - is that a relatively recent development? And does it really happen that often?

The bits of King of Comedy where they film De Niro and Berhnhard out in the street in actual NY maybe deserve a mention.

All the fucking time. I worked downtown (I guess I can say Yonge and Adelaide now that I no longer work there) and I'd guess minimum once a fortnight the surrounding streets or building lobby would be closed for filming, all year round. I think I mentioned seeing Nicolas Cage buying a pasta salad at a place down the street, but filming is ubiquitous[nb]my old apartment was in the back of a Canadian malteasers commercial[/nb] - I have quite a few friends who work part time as actors because of the prevalence of low to mid budget productions there

Also spent a surreal evening in a bar downtown watching the same two "NYC" cabs circle the block counter clockwise, while one went clockwise. It was like that scene in the Truman show, except it went on for three hours and I was slightly pissed.

I love the steam rising out of sewer vents. I remember the first time I saw that and went "yeah".

[zomgmouse]

I love the steam rising out of sewer vents. I remember the first time I saw that and went "yeah".

Same

[Neomod]

The Warriors graffiti was still there on the Stauch baths façade back in 2003 when I was in Coney Island.

[Sebastian Cobb]

The Warriors is basically a perfect film imo.