New York Stories
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New York Stories is an anthology film which was released in the USA in March 1989.
The film consists of three shorts with the central theme being New York City. The first short is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Richard Price. The second is Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola. The last segment is Oedipus Wrecks, directed and written by Woody Allen.
The reviews were generally positive for Life Lessons and Oedipus Wrecks, but generally negative for Life Without Zoe [1]. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post said of Coppola's segment, "it's by far the director's worst work yet."
Oedipus Wrecks features Larry David as the club owner who explains to Allen that his mother is missing. And it coincidentally features both Mae Questel and Julie Kavner, who voiced perhaps the most significant female cartoon characters of the 20th century, Betty Boop and Marge Simpson respectively, although generations apart.
