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Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York" is a good attempt at an epic movie musical. Liza Minnelli and Robert de Niro carry the movie's long storyline with outstanding performances that is to be expected from Minnelli and de Niro. The only flaw is that it does not seem the movie turned out as well as it was envisioned to be. It could have been better, but by no means was it bad. "New York, New York" could have been snipped a little more in ye ole editing room, for it is a tad too long. All the two and some hours are worth it in the end, however, with Liza's showstopping rendition of Kander and Ebb's "Theme from New York, New York," later made famous by Sinatra; but no one, not even the Chairman himself belts it out better than Liza! The soundtrack is great, a nice trip back through the Big Band era. Liza in her "period" costume and long hair make her resemble mother Judy Garland more than ever, but by the end of Liza's rendition of New York, New York, you'll be asking yourself, "Judy who?"

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A Great Epic Musical
This movie is a trully underated musical. The poor script and imprudent editing are its only flaws. But the performances, the direction, the story,the costuming, the art direction, cinematography and the music make those flaws virtually unoticable. Im sure if this had been the success it should have been back in 1977, Im sure the film, the art direction, the cinematography, the costuming, Scorcese, and above all else Minelli(who never looked or sounded better)and Deniro would all have gotten Oscar nods. The one that I truly cant beleive is that the title song didnt win the oscar. It has become such a standard it should have one. Overall a great film trully an underated classic.

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Great music but not so deep emotions
Liza Minelli is great in this film that is a manifesto for New York jazz and Broadway musicals. She has a deep and mysterious voice and her songs are highly poetic. Robert de Niro is an aggressive lover and a very self-centered musician, music-doubled by Auld. In fact he looks like a remake of Fred Astaire in his courting techniques, but without the light humorous dimension of Fred and with a deeply egotistic and melo-dramatic dimension. But the film goes beyond this and shows how two artists could work together if they accepted to step beyond the small difficulties of life. Small is a way of speaking since it is a pregnancy that does not come at the right moment, breaking up a band and endangering a career. Robert de Niro just rejects the problem and saves his own career by dumping the wife he had had so much difficulty to conquer. Liza Minelli recaptures her own career after this event with her talent and also with her easy-going friendliness. The film becomes sad and has no Happy Ending because the two hesitate to recapture the past and meet again for reasons that are not really made explicit in the film, but that we can imagine to be the fear to go back to a cannibalistic relation on the side of Liza Minelli and the fear to get penned up into limitations on the side of Robert de Niro, in spite of the attraction his own son exerts on him. This shows how difficult it is for two great artists to live together and to work together, especially when one is tyrannical and the other diplomatic. Napoleon meets Queen Victoria in some way. But the film is too much centered on the music and not explicit enough on the love affair and sentimental experience if not experiment the two go through. It makes it a litle bit cold and unsensitive. We have to imagine too much about the relations between the two. So it makes the film slightly shallow and slow, in a word long.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU