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1980 "UNION CITY" w/ Blondie World premiere advertisement...
1980 "UNION CITY" w/ Blondie World premiere advertisement...
Item # 718674
September 17, 1980
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 17, 1980
* "Union City" film advertisement
* World premiere in New York City
* Neo-noir crime mystery movie
* Singer/actress Deborah Harry (Blondie)
Page 51 has a 9 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the upcoming World premiere showing of "UNION CITY" in New York City. (see images)
AI notes: Union City (1980) is a hauntingly stylized neo-noir psychological thriller directed by Marcus Reichert and adapted from a Cornell Woolrich short story, reimagined in 1950s New Jersey. At its core, the film follows the unraveling psyche of Harlan, a rigid, obsessive accountant who becomes fixated on stopping a petty milk thief, only to accidentally kill a homeless man he believes responsible, triggering a descent into guilt, paranoia, and emotional collapse. Deborah Harry of Blondie delivers a quietly unsettling performance in her first major dramatic role as Harlan’s disillusioned wife Lillian, caught in her own spiral of alienation and infidelity. Visually, the film is rich with moody interiors, saturated colors, and a claustrophobic atmosphere, thanks to cinematographer Ed Lachman’s dreamlike compositions. Chris Stein’s score, infused with minimalist menace, underlines the film’s off-kilter tone, blending post-punk sensibility with noir fatalism. Though critically divisive, Union City has endured as a cult artifact—an eerie, tragic portrait of repression, decay, and urban dread preserved by the Museum of Modern Art and remembered for its daring aesthetic and unusual cultural crossovers.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 112 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
Provenance: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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