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Slaves of New York is a 1989 American comedy-drama Merchant Ivory Productions film. Directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant, it stars Bernadette Peters, Adam Coleman Howard, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Mercedes Ruehl, Madeleine Potter, and Steve Buscemi.
Roger Ebert harshly criticizes the film adaptation of Tama Janowitz's novel about the New York art world, calling it boring, hypocritical and stupid. He argues that the characters value success more than art and that the film reflects a slave/apartment syndrome in the city.
"Slaves of New York" is a collection of short stories by Tama Janowitz. Its premise is that finding an apartment in Manhattan is so expensive and hard to do that people in the fringes of the art scene, both male and female, end up with undesirable partners simply to have a place to live.
Rent Slaves of New York on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. A hat designer (Bernadette Peters) and her painter boyfriend (Adam Coleman Howard) play...
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Jan 1, 1986 · Slaves of New York. Tama Janowitz. 3.51. 3,648 ratings193 reviews. A coterie of artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers are all aspiring towards fame and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers.
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SLAVES OF NEW YORK. Comedy. Eleanor (Bernadette Peters) is an aspiring hat designer who lives with her successful but abusive artist boyfriend. The high cost of rent makes Eleanor and most of her fellow loft dwellers slaves to their relationships; if only they could afford to move they could move on.
