Intermission: The Twin Towers' Cinematic Cameos

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Nona Willis Aronowitz
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September 1, 2011 • 12:00 pm PDT
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Kids born after 9/11 will never get a chance to glimpse the Twin Towers, but filmmaker Dan Meth has made sure their cinematic legacy will live on. He's made a montage of the World Trade Center's many movie cameos from 1969 to 2001. Bonus: the montage is set against a backdrop of apropos tunes, from obscure disco to Frank Sinatra to Biggie's prophetic Twin Tower-themed lyrics. The New York skyline will never be the same, but this video is a visual reminder of the part they played in the city's, and the movies', landscape.

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