Pretend It's a City

Pretend It's a City

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Ended First aired 08/Jan/2021 United States English 1 season(s) 7 episode(s)
DocumentaryComedy
Wander the New York City streets and fascinating mind of wry writer, humorist and raconteur Fran Lebowitz as she sits down with Martin Scorsese.
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Season 1 · Limited Series
7 episode(s) · Air date: 08/Jan/2021
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S1E7
Library Services
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 31 min
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Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.

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Books opened up the world to young Fran. Today, she can't throw a volume away — but she will trash the writer of a glowing blurb for a lousy tome.

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S1E6
Hall of Records
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 26 min
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Fran's all about fun — guilty pleasures, not so much. Just give her a party, a movie, a small child or a luminous Cary Grant. You can keep technology.

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Fran's all about fun — guilty pleasures, not so much. Just give her a party, a movie, a small child or a luminous Cary Grant. You can keep technology.

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S1E5
Department of Sports & Health
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 30 min
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Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.

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Knowing that some are annoyed that she's still alive, Fran understands that smoking is bad for you. "Wellness" and sports sound even worse to her.

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S1E4
Board of Estimate
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 30 min
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It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other option.

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It's a living: Fran hates money but loves things, so she must work — though she prefers to read. Winning the lottery may be her only other option.

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S1E3
Metropolitan Transit
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 30 min
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Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.

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Mean cabbies, arty subway stations, interstellar tourism and spacey bus drivers can get Fran going. Then Leonardo DiCaprio offered her an e-cigarette.

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S1E2
Cultural Affairs
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 32 min
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The mysteries of talent are scrutinized as Fran looks at the peril of writing, the joy of Motown and the time Charles Mingus chased her on the street.

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The mysteries of talent are scrutinized as Fran looks at the peril of writing, the joy of Motown and the time Charles Mingus chased her on the street.

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S1E1
Pretend It's a City
Air date: 08/Jan/2021 · Runtime: 30 min
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Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

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Meet Fran Lebowitz and join her on her rambles as she muses about deadly distractions, Times Square terror, subway stoppers and total building fails.

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Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
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Spike Lee
Spike Lee
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Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
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Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde
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Ellen Kuras
Ellen Kuras
Director of Photography
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
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Justine Conte
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David Tedeschi
David Tedeschi
Executive Producer
Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Executive Producer
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
Executive Producer
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Josh Porter
Executive Producer
Margaret Bodde
Margaret Bodde
Executive Producer
Ted Griffin
Ted Griffin
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
Songs
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Songs

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