Synopsis
New York City. New York icon.
Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.
Pretend It's a City
2021 Directed by Martin Scorsese
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Fran Lebowitz Martin Scorsese Josh Porter David Tedeschi Emma Tillinger Koskoff Margaret Bodde Joshua B. Porter
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Relationship comedy Crude humor and satire Underdogs and coming of age Humanity and the world around us surfing, teenager, friendship, kids or adolescents funny, comedy, humor, jokes or hilarious band, songs, concert, musician or lyrics documentary, fascinating, sad, emotional or captivating chemistry, hilarious, romantic comedy, sweet or humorous Show All…
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Fran Lebowitz is who everyone on Twitter is trying to be when they realize shitting on things is an easy way to trick people into thinking you’re sharp and interesting. Dumb people love things and smart people are smart enough to know things are actually dumb. Difference is, Fran knows how and when to shit on something in a way that shows she really has a love for it. When she finds something truly corny or worthless that isn’t a source of harm she can just say “I don’t care about that” and move on– of course, unless she’s urged to say more. Even then, there’s an air to her commentary that always reads like cultural analysis instead of shit-talking…
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i don’t like sports, but i also don’t like people who are too vocal about not liking sports. like the kinds of people who post the same “hope they score a goal” joke on superbowl night every single year. i’m forsure guilty of this. don’t get me wrong, i also think sports culture is obnoxious and easy to make fun of, but it feels like the same jab every time.
i say all of this to make it clear that fran lebowitz is the only person i know of who can talk about not liking sports and make it a point worth listening to.
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I love to watch Martin Scorsese love things. The man laughs with his entire body, and speaks about his passions with his whole soul. And Martin Scorsese loves Fran Lebowitz.
A good deal of “Pretend It’s a City” is essentially just Scorsese sitting and listening... adoring Fran. And the rest, is the two of them... sitting and listening to each other... adoring New York City. And complaining about it.
Because what’s more New York than bemoaning everything wrong with New York?
Fran (and Marty, though always in deference to Fran) fling one-liners and witty anecdotes about their home metropolis throughout “Pretend.” The tales are amusing enough on their own, but together — form a portrait of cracked reverence.
New York…
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i could listen to fran talk and marty chuckle all day long this was such a comfort to me what an absolute delight!
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By a mile, the worst thing Scorsese has ever made. 3 1/2 hours with the smuggest, whiniest, most incurious person making the stalest and safest observations, and then congratulating herself for her iconoclasm.
Why did I watch this whole thing? I wanted to write about it.
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an absolute delight. i think fran lebowitz is one of the only people ive discovered that i actually enjoyed listening to talk for hours, with marty's wheezy laugh at everything she said as a cherry on top. a genuinely fascinating look into how one person perceives the things around her.
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“There is nothing that’s better for a city than a dense population of angry homosexuals.”
A Manifesto for Pretentiousness and Cynicism.... exactly what I’ve been needing in life! Although I do have one massive complaint which is that 3.5 hours is not nearly enough time to be listening to Fran Lebowitz speak.
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