Film Forum

U.S., 1989
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen
Starring Woody Allen, Rosanna Arquette, Mia Farrow, Giancarlo Giannini, Nick Nolte, Talia Shire, Steve Buscemi, Adrien Brody (in his film debut), Kirsten Dunst (in her film debut)
Approx. 124 min. 35mm.

“ONE CITY. THREE STORIES TALL.” Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In “Life Lessons” (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In “Life Without Zoë” (Francis Ford Coppola), a precocious 12-year-old navigates privilege and loneliness in a Manhattan hotel. And in “Oedipus Wrecks” (Woody Allen), a man’s domineering mother literally becomes a looming presence over New York.

Reviews

“A novel and fascinating foray into highly stylized, highly personal filmmaking.”
– Joe Brown, Washington Post

“New York is a place of magical coincidences, a place where the most daring dreams of wealth, ambition, and psychic well-being can come true. It’s a place shaped by success, which can take many forms. It is, for instance, the kind of place where Woody Allen, Francis Coppola, and Martin Scorsese might join forces to make a film together, simply because they are Woody Allen, Francis Coppola, and Martin Scorsese.”
– Janet Maslin, The New York Times