A Rainy Day in New York
Year:
2019
Running time:
92 mn
Nationality:
USA
Language:
English
Genre:
Romance, Comedy
Director:
Woody Allen
Producer:
Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions
Screenwriter/s:
Woody Allen
Cast:
Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Jude Law, Diego Luna, Liev Schreiber, Annaleigh Ashford, Rebecca Hall, Cherry Jones, Will Rogers, Taylor Black, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Kelly Rohrbach.
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Summary of the film
Gatsby Welles (Timothée Chalamet) and Ashleigh (Elle Fanning) are a young college couple in love who set out for a weekend in New York City. She goes to interview renowned filmmaker Roland Pollard (Liev Schreiber), who is going through a creative crisis, and during their eventful adventure they meet the captivating actor Francisco Vega (Diego Luna). Gatsby also meets a young woman, Chan (Selena Gomez), who helps him sort out his feelings. The rainy weekend is full of encounters and misunderstandings. (Filmaffinity)
Gatsby and Chan in dialogue as they walk through Gallery 115 at the MET (Screenshot by the author)
Gatsby rushing into the mastaba tomb of Perneb at the MET (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/543937) (Screenshot by the author)
Egyptomania narratives or motifs
In this film, ancient Egypt simply becomes a background motif that serves to characterise the protagonists’ journey through different parts of New York. Woody Allen’s fascination with this city is well known, and he frequently uses it as a backdrop for his films, making some of its locations emblematic for the viewer, as is the case in Manhattan (1979).
In A Rainy Day in New York, Gatsby (played by Timothée Chamalet) and Chan (Selena Gomez) stroll through the city while Gatsby waits for a call from his girlfriend, the angelic Ashleigh (Elle Fanning). Gatsby and Chan decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), where they visit the Egyptian antiquities section. The protagonists talk about how crazy the Egyptians were to invest all their money in the afterlife, as they enter the hall of Pharaohs’ sculptures (MET Gallery 115).
Gatsby had accompanied Ashleigh to her professional engagements in New York without notifying his relatives in the city. While in the tomb in the MET (mastaba tomb of Perneb, Old Kingdom), he realizes his aunt and uncle are in the very same room. He then wanders through the tomb rooms, trying to hide, but is finally discovered. He mentions very briefly Tutankhamon inside the tomb.
Ancient Egypt is, therefore, a postcard that is integrated into the New York adventure that Allen depicts in this film. Nothing more than that.
In A Rainy Day in New York, Gatsby (played by Timothée Chamalet) and Chan (Selena Gomez) stroll through the city while Gatsby waits for a call from his girlfriend, the angelic Ashleigh (Elle Fanning). Gatsby and Chan decide to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), where they visit the Egyptian antiquities section. The protagonists talk about how crazy the Egyptians were to invest all their money in the afterlife, as they enter the hall of Pharaohs’ sculptures (MET Gallery 115).
Gatsby had accompanied Ashleigh to her professional engagements in New York without notifying his relatives in the city. While in the tomb in the MET (mastaba tomb of Perneb, Old Kingdom), he realizes his aunt and uncle are in the very same room. He then wanders through the tomb rooms, trying to hide, but is finally discovered. He mentions very briefly Tutankhamon inside the tomb.
Ancient Egypt is, therefore, a postcard that is integrated into the New York adventure that Allen depicts in this film. Nothing more than that.
Author: Abraham I. Fernández Pichel
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