West Side Stories

Two impressions of New York - a city of dreams or nightmares.

West Side Stories — Plot

Two impressions of New York - a city of dreams or nightmares. The Outsider: Jonathan Miller 'If you enter New York in the first place in a show business context every time you return you have to justify your existence in show business terms. If you haven't got something to sell you become almost transparent...' The Insider: Patti Smith, poet, singer, actress. 'People come to New York to see the stars, but there ain't no stars in the sky. I lived in the city and I haven't seen a constellation since.'

• Release date
• November 20, 1971
• Runtime
• 43 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Tristram Powell

West Side Stories — Cast

Patti Smith Jonathan Miller