It’s interesting how many celebrities from around the world come to New York to film their music videos or their movie. Big Bang, a Korean group recently came to New York City to film their latest videos called “Blue” and “Bad Boy.” “Blue” was filmed in Brooklyn with a view of the Financial District and the Lower East Side and I think, Coney Island’s Cyclone. The Manhattan Bridge was visible throughout the video. In their “Bad Boy” music video, they filmed it near Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn on the JMZ subway line. This video showed a walk in Marcy Avenue as they sing, dance and rap in their language. They passed by many stores that were under the station like Rainbow, Metro PCS, many New York Delis, and many restaurants.
Talking about subway stations, there are many films that incorporated the main leads riding on the subways to capture the New York City life. In the beginning of this class, everyone mentioned how riding the subway was part of the city’s culture. In a really old film, 1979, “The Warriors” took place in NYC and had many scenes of them riding the subways. The Warriors take the train a lot and have travelled to Coney Island, 14th St. Union Square, and many other stops by using the subway station. In 2002, Jennifer Lopez, who played a maid, in “Maid in Manhattan” rode the 4 train. In 2008, the main leads of “Cloverfield,” ran into Spring Street station (a mock station) and comes out of the 59th street station (used the real station) when they were running away from the monsters. It’s cool how in many superhero movies or abnormal movies are located in New York City like Spider Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, King Kong, Iron Man, I Am Legend, and The Happening.