ANDREW J. RAUSCH'S THE TAKING OF NEW YORK CITY & THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARINTINO (WITH KIERN FISHER)

I dot to know fiction writer and literary and film expert Andrew J. Rausch when he used a CrimeReads piece I did for Joe Lansdale Interviews that he co-edited, He puts my work ethic to shame. This year he already has two books out. One The Taking of New York City looks at a certain aspect of seventies cinema. He also co-edited with Kieran Fisher a collection of essays on a filmmaker influenced by that era, THe Cinema Of Quentin Tarantino.

With The Taking of New York City, Rausch explains the relationship between the city and the movies made and released during one of its most tumultuous and crime-ridden decades. Each chapter is a year where he gives a brief history of the city focusing on crime and the police. he them lists most of the crime and thriller movies filmed in the city that were released that year.with stories about their filming and impact. He shows how these films put the city in a time capsule and how it influenced how we view the city, particularly in that time.

he gives us the good, bad, and ugly of both place and pictures. we get both glowing and dismissive reviews of the films. He champions lesser known flick like A Report to the Comissoiner and points out not-so-greats that capture the city in the seventies as with The Massage Parlor Murders. He also reportds just as tough as the times were in New York didn't have the highest crime statistics and it's reputation, reinforced by most of these movies, was blown out of proportion.

He finds great stories and ancedotes about the movies.