MLA format
5 pages (Double- space)
In this assignment you will focus on the films “Taxi Driver”, “Manhattan”, and “Downtown 81” and the corresponding readings. As in the previous essay, in 5 pages I want you to choose a scene from each film, to discuss how the issue of “white flight” and the corresponding decline in public services in cities could have led to the high levels of inequality we currently see in cities. Use economic arguments to justify your thesis.
Link of film “Downtown 81”
https://archive.org/details/Downtown81JeanMichelBasquiat
Readings of film “Downtown 81”
https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies?res=9E04E0D9173BF930A25754C0A9679C8B63
https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/11/16/downtown-icon-james-chance-cuts-loose/
Readings of Film “Manhattan”
https://www.city-journal.org/html/houston-new-york-has-problem-13102.html
Readings of Film “Taxi Driver”
https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies?res=EE05E7DF173DA22CAB484CC2B6799A8C6896
