S2 EP1 - Age of Innocence

This is the first episode of Season 2 of City Between. In this episode we discuss the 1993 film Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese. Bruce and Sam talk about the 1870s in New York, elite New Yorkers, interior decorating, Edith Wharton, Edith’s hatred of Brownstones, old Dutch farmhouses, Roman Punch, Daniel Day Lewis, Troy, Hoboken Terminal, Washington Irving, Powell and Pressburger, Wes Anderson, the opera, Winona Ryder, Thelma Schoonmaker, romance, Black Narcissus, and more!  In the new season of the City Between Podcast we use film to explore the unexpected and interesting corners of New York history and culture. Come join us as we dive deep on the what the films set in and about New York can tell us about its fascinating and endless revealing history and culture. Find images and more related to this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston. Find out more at www.dylanthurston.com.