tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post876828758688049064..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-24213373881266169592014-12-06T10:57:35.571-08:002014-12-06T10:57:35.571-08:00They live on upper east side, not west. hence, 2nd...They live on upper east side, not west. hence, 2nd ave.walkingfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754537227492301687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-76285615925807405602014-12-02T21:25:23.249-08:002014-12-02T21:25:23.249-08:00The play on Broadway was directed by Mike Nichols ...The play on Broadway was directed by Mike Nichols and starred Peter Falk and Lee Grant. The tone was comic and almost vaudevillian in the way the banter was handled. The mood of despair was somehow charming and fun. I found the film to be ugly and nagging and while the play took place in the pristine Upper East Side high rise, the film left that safe area and showed New York at its ugliest. On it's own terms, the film strikes me as a time capsule, but as one of those with fond memories of the play, I found it to be a misfire. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177432692806101132noreply@blogger.com