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Posted November 29, 2010 to photo album "Gotham Awards Nominees on Their Favorite New York Movies"
As part of Movie City New York, a selection of the nominees at the 2010 Gotham Independent Film Awards choose the NYC movie that means the most to them.
Slide 4: Derek Cianfrance
Derek Cianfrance
Director, Blue Valentine
Best Feature nominee
“Husbands by John Cassavetes. I love it because it doesn't try and control the energy of the city. Rather, it embraces it. the actors swim in it, amongst its faces, its sounds, its smells. My favorite scene has to be when Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Ben Gazzara have the walking race during mid-morning Manhattan foot traffic. It is really a stolen moment in the city. We paid homage to it in Blue Valentine when Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling have a backwards race on the night time streets of Williamsburg.”
The World's End
We Steal Secrets
Closed Circuit
The Deep
The Place Beyond The Pines
Greetings from Tim Buckley
Admission
Promised Land
Anna Karenina
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Brokeback Mountain
Lost in Translation
Pride & Prejudice
The Pianist
Gosford Park