The film consists of three shorts with the central theme being New York City. The first short is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Richard Price. The second is Life Without...

The film consists of three shorts with the central theme being New York City. The first short is Life Lessons, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Richard Price. The second is Life Without Zoe, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola. The last segment is Oedipus Wrecks, directed and written by Woody Allen. The reviews were generally positive for Life Lessons and Oedipus Wrecks, but generally negative for Life Without Zoe [1]. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post said of Coppola's segment, "it's by far the director's worst work yet." [2] Oedipus Wrecks includes Adrien Brody and 7-year-old Kirsten Dunst in their first film roles. The film also features Larry David as the club owner who explains to Allen that his mother is missing.