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Grasshopper Film | Release Date (Streaming): November 11, 2020
Summary: In his latest work, the 88-year-old Manny Kirchheimer has meticulously restored and constructed 16mm black-and-white footage that he and Walter Hess shot in New York between 1958 and 1960. This lustrous evocation of a different rhythm of life captures the in-between moments—kids playing stickball, window washers, folks reading newspapers on their stoops—and the architectural beauty of urban spaces, set to the stirring sounds of Ravel, Bach, Eisler, and Count Basie. The breathtaking footage was shot in several distinct New York neighborhoods, including Washington Heights, the Upper West Side, and Hell’s Kitchen, and features impressionistic stops throughout the city, making time for an auto junkyard in Inwood, a cemetery in Queens, and the elegant buildings of the financial district. [Grasshopper Film]

Details

Runtime: 61 min
Rating: NR
Production: Cinema Conservancy
Genres: Documentary
Country: US
Language: English
Director Credit
Manfred Kirchheimer Director
Producer Credit
Jake Perlin Producer
Manfred Kirchheimer Producer