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It's probably not worth a buy. Not at full price anyway.
Scorsese's tale is first, "Life Lessons", starring Nick Nolte as a pompus but blocked successful SoHo painter and Rosanna Arquette as his assisstant and also the object of his affection/obsession. Through their conflict, he gains his inspiration. It's a good little piece, with great work by Nolte, and Steve Buscemi also in the cast. It is far and away the best thing about New York Stories. No question.
Coppola's tale is second, "Life with Zoe", and it is beyond awful. Sofia, still a teenager, co-scripted, and it's just shrill and annoying and pointless. A pest of a priveleged girl makes mischief in a high-class hotel. Ugh. Avoid at all costs.
Woody's finishes up the flick, "Odepus Wrecks". It's OK, kind of mid-level Allen, but thin material even at just 40-minutes. Woody stars as a nebbish wuss (what else?) who watches his mother disappear during an on-stage magic trick (similar device as Curse of the Jade Scorpion), and she doesn't reappear until her gigantic, disembodied and still nagging head floats above Manhattan. A one-joke premise, not fleshed out particularly well. But after Coppola's failure, it's a relief, mild as it is.
So if you're a mega-Scorsese fan, yeah, it's worth it for "Life Lessons" alone. If you're just curious, no, don't bother buying it.
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