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Subway Films

posted 18 years ago by mcajturl
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hello,

im doing my dissertation on representations of the New York Subway and obviously found this documentary very useful to talk about i was just wondering if any of you guys knew of any other films which are based in the subway system, they dont neccessaraly have to show homeless,

cheers guys

joe

[–] bboyhaze 18 years ago

Hey,
I can't think of any movies that are really based in the subway system but off the top of my head, I think pretty much all of the early hip-hop exploitation movies have NY subway and subway painting scenes in them (like 'wild style' and 'breakin') and of course 'The Warriors' have a bunch of scenes in the subways as well. Also 'PI' has a subway scene or two, and more mainstream films like 'Mimic' and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' definitely feature New York subways aswell. Oh yeah, and there's the 'I have no legs' song subway scene in 'KIDS.'
Hope that helps, sounds like an interesting topic and would love to hear about the other films you have on your list.

Micah

[–] mitchgx 18 years ago

I can't think of movies specifically about the NY subways, but two movies that spring to mind that had very memorable depictions were The Warriors (there are actually quite a few scenes on the subway trains, in subway stations, or in the tunnels) and Jacob's Ladder (a particularly creepy use of the subway in that one).

[–] gojarboy 18 years ago

what about The Money Train, or The Taking of Pelham 123?
and if TV counts, Beauty and the Beast?

[–] fourparachutes 18 years ago

SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground

[–] tbknova 18 years ago

check out style wars its a documentary about tagging ny trains

[–] Dudley_Dawson 18 years ago

There's a Hungarian film about their transit system and the cops that have to meet their daily ticket quota and must search for turn style jumpers. I forgot what it's called though.

[–] fibonacci-3 18 years ago

It's called 'Kontroll', by Nimrod Antler(? i think).
Thats all I can remember.

[–] Fresno37 18 years ago

"Death Line" is really cool,it's a Hammer type film set in the London Underground,pretty creepy & another great "An American Werewolf In London"

[–] crashbee 14 years ago

Of course there's the Luc Besson film subway which is about the same thing but homeless people living in the french subway.

[–] CptBuck 18 years ago

I remember an episode of the TV show "Hey Arnold!" on nikolodeon had a plot centered around a number of people being trapped in a subway. Granted that show didn't take place in new york city but the city they lived in was certainly a representation of that.

Also the movie Pi has some interesting hallucination scenes that take place in the subway.

[–] mattburc 18 years ago

"Style Wars"

http://www.stylewars.com/

[–] echo_echo 17 years ago

Style Wars is amazing.