A legendary Hollywood screenwriter criticized Toronto while attending the North American premiere of his latest film at the Toronto International Fil…
over the weekend to discuss some of Toronto's negative qualities, which, according to his opinion, included the sheer number of identical-looking high-rises."When I first started going to Toronto in the 60s it was like a hip Boston," Schrader wrote. "It's now become the Manhattan skyline with Los Angeles sprawl. Many of the high rises that have been built in the past thirty years are indistinguishable from each other — like Sim City replicants.
He's absolutely right, GTA builds hilariously tall towers directly along the busiest highways and arterial roads and then the rest is cheap and tacky single family homes, slummy lowrise apartments and parking lot deserts. Can't wait for to be a real city"I've lived in Toronto for over 30 years and I would never characterize it as being anything like Manhattan," one comment defending the city reads.
While Schrader didn't have the best impression of Toronto during his recent visit, one fan asked the screenwriter what he thought of Montreal instead, to which he replied, "Montreal survives.
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