Spike Lee wrote a visual love letter to the city that never sleeps in his new short film, New York, New York. It comes after his beloved city has been hardest hit in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak that’s killed 21,000 New Yorkers.
The three-and-a-half minute project begins with eerie shots of somber streets that have been abandoned due to COVID-19 safety restrictions.
As Frank Sinatra’s iconic New York anthem, “New York, New York,” croons in the background, the camera embraces landmark after landmark in the Big Apple, including the Wall Street subway station, the Oculus, Coney Island’s Wonder Wheel, Junior’s restaurant, the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Stock Exchange, Grand Central Station and Yankee Stadium.