How hbos the deuce recreated 1980s times square for its. Photo of the times square show by terise slotkin, june 1980 terise slotkin photography thirtytwo years after being labeled the first radical art show of the 80s, the times. The suicide squad once attacked firestorm in times square. Situated on the corner of west 47th street and seventh avenue, its neighbors include the w times square, the palace theater, the new york marriott marquis and several other properties, theaters and tourist attractions. Tim curry, trini alvarado, robin johnson, peter coffield, herbert berghof. There will be an opening reception september th from 6. The times square show enacted this conflict on a large scale, and it influenced subsequent exhibitions that were similarly fraught, notably new yorknew wave at p. Times square is an entertainment and business district in new york city, united states.
Westworld season 2 explains times square mystery photo. Times square hong kong, a shopping, entertainment and office complex in causeway bay. Gone are the punks and the peddlers and the dopers and the homeless, replaced with tourists and the richest 1%, who stampede through the. A selfproclaimed hacker interested in challenging social and technological power structures, he frequently.
Robin johnson in times square 1980 trini alvarado and robin johnson in. Whether it was the revelation that dolores has been outside of the park before or logan and williams. There was a lot of information packed into the second episode of westworld season 2, reunion. Various artists times square ost, rso records rs24230, 1980. The 452room times square edition occupies a prime spot of times square real estate. The times square show revisited basquiat biography. Times square the 1980 dance music movie featuring robin johnson and trini alvarado at the award winning 80s movies rewind. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title times square. Tssr features works shown at the tss, in addition to ephemera and documentation of the original exhibition. The times square show revisited, returns to a groundbreaking exhibition that in june 1980, inaugurated new trends in contemporary art. In fact, its a rare example of hollywood getting things right when it comes to representing a subculture of sorts. Times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things.
Various artists, talking heads, the pretenders, the cure. See more ideas about times square, vintage new york and 1970s. How bad was times squarenew york city in the 70s80s. Times square is one of the most dazzling shows tisch drama stageworks has put on yet this season but not in the way one might expect. On one of my many visits to chicago last year, my home away from home, i found a used copy of the doublelp soundtrack album for times square 1980 that was in really great condition. Times square is a film inspired by a young womans diary found by director allen moyle.
Of all the bad movies ive seen recently, this is the one that projects the real sense of a missed opportunityof potential achievement gone wrong. To date, the tsss specifics are known almost exclusively through accounts from the established art press, either published during the shows run or its immediate aftermath. Longacre square now times square, broadway and 42nd street, 1900. Times square show revisited is the first exhibition to return to. Lifting the curtain on the travel and destinations behind the seasons most.
The times square show, june 1980, is often referenced as a groundbreaking exhibition that inaugurated new trends in contemporary art. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the midtown manhattan section of new york city, at the junction of broadway and seventh avenue. Weve found 2,334 lyrics, 26 artists, and 50 albums matching times square. Your first look at the new times square edition hotel. Times square 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Roger ebert chicago suntimes october 23, 2004 times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things. Jacob brackman screenplay by, allan moyle story by as alan moyle 1 more. Tssr returns to the original events of 1980 in an attempt to understand the origins of the tss and to recover missing elements vital. As a 17yearold, he would travel to nyc to document the now longlost treasures that times square once held in the 80s. The soundtrack to allan moyles 1980 teen runaway adventure times square is a rather solid mix of new wave and punk. Superpipe finals, snowboard and freeski, men and women, dew tour breckenridge 2017.
Two runaway teens face life on the streets in new york city with a devilmaycare attitude and a punkrock image. When i first moved to the city, there was a garbage strike. Jason akira somma is a filmmaker and choreographer who investigates how we experience, process, and participate in the cultural systems that surround us. It was many years before i was finally able to obtain a copy of times square, although i was ultimately disappointed with what has established itself as a steady cult classic to no surprise that represents the old days of real new york filmed entirely on location and the emergence of. One of the first movies ever to feature punk and new wave music, times square captures the. She is an actress, known for times square 1980, after hours 1985 and splitz 1982. Times square 1980 one is a ramonesloving dead ringer for a young joan jett. What new york was like in the early 80s hour by hour.
I have not seen the show yet, but mark your calendar for the times square show revisited exhibition at the hunter college art gallery, opening friday, september 14 and running till december 8, 2012. Brightly lit by numerous billboards and advertisements, it stretches from west 42nd to west 47th streets, and is sometimes referred to as the crossroads of the world. The incredible hulk s01e06 terror in times square video. Having been born in the 1980s, the first time i visited times square was in the late 1990s when i was 12 and i remember it not being any different than it is today so the pictures of the seedy, dirty, and crime ridden times square seems surreal to me.
Hbos the deuce recreated 1980s times square for its series finale. The number of visitors to times square increased by 22. It was many years before i was finally able to obtain a copy of times square, although i was ultimately disappointed with what has established itself as a steady cult classic to no surprise that represents the old days of real new york filmed entirely on location and the emergence of new wave not so. This is times square 1980 by quad cinema on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. While the biggest complaint new yorkers may have about times square today is the tourists, just over 20 years ago, a trip down 42nd street was a. Theyre important works in the punk screen canon for females, even if written and directed by men.
Since were talking about 1980, movie soundtracks had yet to become vehicles for newly signed acts in dire need of attention and promotion to sell their. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the midtown manhattan section of new york city at the junction of broadway and seventh avenue. Tim curry, trini alvarado dvd synopsis and information. In fact, the revitalization of times square has been so successful, it led to the. When the brains behind the wire, david simon and george pelecanos, announced in 2015 that their next show, the deuce, would cover the pregentrified times square of the 1970s and 1980s, viewers. Times square was part of manhattan in new york city. In the heart of times square, a poor girl becomes famous, a rich girl becomes courageous, and both become friends two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new york by its ears.
See our new year season 201920 release here and the heart squared release here. Times square dvd 1980 for sale tim curry trini alvarado add full soundtrack on cdr. Opening titles for times square 1980, directed by allan moyle they misspelled his name and produced by robert stigwood, featuring robin johnson shown here and trini alvarado. Charlie ahearn and jane dickson, times square show poster, 1980. The plot embodies a punk rock ethic of misunderstood youth articulating their frustrations toward adult authority through music.
Perhaps being overlooked gives them greater cult status by keeping them films you have to be in the know to seek out. As an aspiring artist, starting at 17ish, i would travel to ny every once in awhile to show my illustrations. Id never heard of the movie, but the records front cover immediately grabbed my attention, because listed among the names of the featured artists was the. Brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements, times square is sometimes referred to as the crossroads of the world, the center of. Robin johnson was born on may 29, 1964 in brooklyn, new york, usa. Robin johnson, peter coffield, times square 1980, times square 1980. Look up times square in wiktionary, the free dictionary.
They say times square show revisited is the first focused. Times square is a 1980 american drama film directed by allan moyle and starring trini alvarado and robin johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks and tim curry as a radio dj. The tradition of having a big celebration and the ball drop in times square on new years eve dates back to 1907. The november 3, 1980 new york magazine contained, on pages 78 and 79, an article with photographs by caterine milinaire author of cheap chic, discussing times square, the clothes nicky and pammy wear in the film, and featuring robin johnson and trini alvarado modeling outfits loosely inspired by the film with directions on where to go to buy them.
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