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Pretend It's a City (TV Miniseries)

Netflix (main catalog) January 8

7.4

463

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Original title

Pretend It's a City aka

AKA

Martin Scorsese Presents Pretend It's a City

Year

2021

Running time

30 min.

Country

United States

United States

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenwriter

Martin Scorsese

Cinematography

Ellen Kuras

Cast

Documentary, (Self: Fran Lebowitz, Martin Scorsese, Alec Baldwin, Spike Lee, Olivia Wilde, Toni Morrison)

Producer

(Distributor: Netflix)

Genre

Documentary | TV Miniseries

Synopsis / Plot

7 episodes. Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese. The director converses with the author about all manner of things that irritate and inspire her.

Critics' reviews

"'Pretend It’s a City' offers a tantalizing snapshot of New York in full bloom, along with Lebowitz’s lively and unapologetic commentary on what it means to live there"

Dave Itzkoff: The New York Times
"We should all be so lucky as to find someone who looks at us the way Marty looks at Fran."

Judy Berman: Time
"A mostly smart, funny and warm look at New York City from several of its beloved chroniclers"

Daniel Fienberg: The Hollywood Reporter
"The viewer familiar with Lebowitz will walk away from 'Pretend It’s a City' having had that familiar Fran Lebowitz experience (...) The viewer meeting her for the first time will wonder what anchors the scattered and formless monologues"

Daniel D'Addario: Variety
"[It] is more than merely delightful, although it’s certainly that. It’s also something of a historical document"

Adam Graham: Detroit News
"An uproariously funny delight (...) The director works up clever visual manifestations of [Lebowitz's] commentary"

Jason Bailey: The Playlist
"So much of the joy in watching comes from the pure quality of Scorsese’s reactions to Lebowitz (...) [It is] lovingly admiring, if slightly unchallenging"

Roxana Hadadi: AV Club
"It may seem, at first, that 'Pretend It’s A City' is just another portrait of an artist, but it’s not (...) If you follow Fran’s ways, you’ll learn how to truly not care what others think about you"

Jordan Hoffman: Decider

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