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Originally Posted by evollove
I wonder: was TAXI DRIVER (1976) or ANNIE HALL (1977) the more accurate portrayal of the city in the 70s?
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Someone like Tesla would be best placed to say with any authority but I'd say they're both equally subjective accounts of very contrasting areas/people. But part of the allure of 70s era NY for me is it seems ultimately a myth founded on films, books, etc. To me it'll always be a place of vigilantes, gangs dressed up like baseball players, neurotic Jewish intellectuals, and Serpico's beard. Probably nothing like the reality, but who cares, nor was the wild west.