Hi, Mom! (1970), directed by Brian De Palma and starring Robert De Niro (VIDEO)

Watch the trailer for Hi, Mom!, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Robert De Niro; No. 97 on our list of the 100 best New York movies.

By Keith Uhlich Tue Jul 3 2012

New York movies: Hi, Mom! (1970)

Brian De Palma’s darker-than-dark comedy stars Robert De Niro as a XXX-rated filmmaker wanna-be who peeps on his neighbors. The no-budget film captures porn-theater-era New York at its seediest; it also features an astonishing sequence satirizing downtown experimental theater, in which a white-bread audience is viciously humiliated (and they love it).—Keith Uhlich

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