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THE CRUISE --ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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Greenwich Village, one of those rare districts that occurs once in a while in human history.
Fear -- a basic theme of all of our lives -- is constantly afraid along the streets of Greenwich Village, under threat of assassination. And the assassins are our dreams triumphant. The byproduct of such a pursuit: creativity and radicalization, which are the further themes of Greenwich Village lineage.
Right now, you are 6-1/2 blocks from where Thomas Paine dies.
Paine, the infidel revolutionary, author of Common Sense, and The Crisis, two of the most influential political pamphlets of American history, both written during the American Revolutionary War. Thomas Paine returns to Grove Street to die in somewhat disgrace soon after being imprisoned by Robespierre in Paris during the French Revolution.
You are 3-1/2 blocks from where Mark Twain moves right after his wife passes away onto West 10th Street, Twain moving at that time a few doors down from O. Henry.
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