Pretend It's a City

2021 - 2021

Pretend It's a City

8th January 2021

Episode 1

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

Cultural Affairs

8th January 2021

Episode 2

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.

Metropolitan Transit

8th January 2021

Episode 3

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

Board of Estimate

8th January 2021

Episode 4

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.

Department of Sports & Health

8th January 2021

Episode 5

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.

Hall of Records

8th January 2021

Episode 6

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.

Library Services

8th January 2021

Episode 7

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.

Top Cast

Fran Lebowitz•Martin Scorsese•Spike Lee

Documentary Comedy

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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Netflix

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Production Companies

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Fran Lebowitz

Self

Martin Scorsese

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Spike Lee

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Alec Baldwin

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Full Crew

Fran Lebowitz

Executive Producer

Martin Scorsese

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Josh Porter

Producer

David Tedeschi

Executive Producer

Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Executive Producer

Margaret Bodde

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Joshua B. Porter

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Justine Conte

Associate Producer

Ellen Kuras

Director of Photography

Jane Birkin

Songs

Serge Gainsbourg

Songs

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