Watchmen's New York
Just in time for New York to revert back to the mean streets of old, the blockbustery film Watchmen comes out offering us a reimagined 1985 cityscape. How does it compare to the real thing?
Here are some actual New York-in-the-80's scenes (well, not so much the first one):
The cover of Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, the definitive 1980's pop novel.
Sammiches.
Chinatown.
Times Square, feat. Burt Reynolds
Rock club of yesteryear, CBGB's.
Before Giuliani personally took a toothbrush to the subways. via Runs with Scissors' Flickr.
Times Square again.
via Runs with Scissors' Flickr.
Compare to these Watchmen one-sheet and stills: