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Opening sequence of the city set to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
Woody Allen opened what I think is his finest film, MANHATTAN, with this glorious tribute to the city he loves, showing a variety of images of the city in black and white. Allen's character is heard over part of the opening sequence narrating the opening chapter to the book he's attempting to write, in which he is trying to apply words to describe the city and what it meant to him. The last thing that makes it memorable is that the entire sequence is set to George Gershwin's classic "Rhapsody in Blue", and it concludes in synch with the music to a final glorious look of firecrackers going off at night over the cityscape. |
