In Neil Barsky's beautifully edited engrossing portrait, Koch, we get to see the many facets of former Mayor Koch's political career and glimpse a private man with strong convictions.
"Gosh, when I grow up, I hope to be Ed Koch," we hear New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gush in 2010, at a Gracie Mansion renaming ceremony for Koch, the bridge. Former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern recalls the summer of 64 in Mississippi and Koch's Chief of Staff Diane Mulcahy Coffey remembers a convincing note from her mother, scribbled on an early New York Times article, "This man is a comer!" Journalists give details on Koch's first mayoral campaign: Michael Powell explains how Koch "checkmated Mario Cuomo", Wayne Barrett adds, "It was a stroke of genius. It was also extraordinarily deceptive", and Julie Purnick emphasises the importance of a former Miss America, "she was a good friend...
"Gosh, when I grow up, I hope to be Ed Koch," we hear New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gush in 2010, at a Gracie Mansion renaming ceremony for Koch, the bridge. Former Parks Commissioner Henry Stern recalls the summer of 64 in Mississippi and Koch's Chief of Staff Diane Mulcahy Coffey remembers a convincing note from her mother, scribbled on an early New York Times article, "This man is a comer!" Journalists give details on Koch's first mayoral campaign: Michael Powell explains how Koch "checkmated Mario Cuomo", Wayne Barrett adds, "It was a stroke of genius. It was also extraordinarily deceptive", and Julie Purnick emphasises the importance of a former Miss America, "she was a good friend...
- 2/14/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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