"Voice over in film has always been a particular point of interest for me; so much that I have even considered authoring a book on the topic as it pertains to movies made prior to 1970. The narrator, as he is employed in The Naked City, embodies amongst one of the most compelling manifestations of the voice-over. Narrating Naked City is producer Mark Hellinger, speaking as himself, which is the unusual aspect of his role. Typically a narrator is simply an omniscient unidentified voice. Is it supposed to represent 'god'? A collective human psyche? That it is up for us to debate."
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