A tale of two cities -- both called "New York."
The first is a real city, an urban agglomeration of millions. The second is a mythic city, so rich in memory and association and sense of place that to people everywhere it has come to seem the New York of such films such as 42nd Street , Rear Window , King Kong , Dead End , The Naked City , Ghostbusters , Annie Hall , Taxi Driver , and Do the Right Thing — a magical city of the imagination that is as complex, dynamic, and familiar as its namesa...