New York Stories is an
anthology film which was released in the United States 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 Zoë, directed by
Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola and his daughter,
Sofia. The last segment is
Oedipus Wrecks, directed and written by
Woody Allen. One actor, Paul Herman, has a bit part in each segment.
The reviews were generally positive for
Life Lessons and
Oedipus Wrecks, but generally negative for
Life Without Zoë.
[www.rottentomatoes.com/m/new_york_stories/] Hal Hinson of
The Washington Post wrote that Coppola's segment was "by far the director's worst work yet."