 There’s movies that I call “Slice of life” films where we simply drop in for a while, follow along, and then we’re out again. In “New York, I Love You”, we’re treated to ten ‘slices of life’ stories by as many directors! The central theme that ties all of the stories together, love, in New York City. We experience the highs and lows on the meaning of love in the big city! This movie is quite an undertaking in film production annals with so many stories and actors, which presents an insightful view on the most cherished of human emotions!
 In the city that never sleeps, love is in the air. In “New York, I Love You”, ten directors collaborate for the stories that create an insightful view of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that are the life of New York City. The varied stories are sexy, funny, haunting, serious, fantasy, and revealing, slices of life. From the upscale city dwellers to the working class, from Tribeca to Central Park to Brooklyn, we enter the lives, only for a moment, of the citizens of New York City and their meaning of love. I can’t think of any other film with so much creative input from as many writers, directors and actors. Keep an eye on “New York, I Love You”, there’s sure to be a lot of “buzz” surrounding this intuitive movie!
The list of actors, as varied as the stories, include Shia LaBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Robin Wright Penn, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Drea de Matteo, Christina Ricci, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Anton Yelchin, Justin Bartha, Chris Cooper, Maggie Q, Eva Amurri, Andy Garcia, Julie Christie, Qi Shu, Eli Wallach, Cloris Leachman, Jacinda Barrett, and Burt Young.
The directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, and Randall Balsmeyer.
The writers: Emmanuel Benbihy, Tristan Carné, Hall Powell, Israel Horovitz, James C. Strouse, Shunji Iwai, Israel Horovitz, Hu Hong, Yao Ming, Scarlett Johansson, Joshua Marston, Alexandra Cassavetes, Stephen Winter, Jeff Nathanson, Anthony Minghella, Natalie Portman, Faith Akin, Ivan Attala, Olivier Lector, and Suketu Mehta.
Rated R for language and sexual content; Vivendi Entertainment release; Runtime: 110 minutes. |
