

Direction
Barsky lets Koch hang himself with his own words.
Editing
Brutal juxtaposition of archival glory and present decline.
Director
Neil Barsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Koch died on the morning the film premiered—Barsky had to add a title card hours before screening. Koch never saw the final cut but threatened lawsuits over its AIDS coverage.
The film captures pre-gentrification NYC nostalgia that Bloomberg would complete—making Koch's 'I saved the city' claim the founding myth of modern inequality.