Unseen cinema. 5, Picturing a metropolis. Manhattan medley /
PICTURING A METROPOLIS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. The film was made more or less on a hobby basis by a man named Bonney Powell, who was a cameraman/editor for Fox Movietone News. --DAVID SHEPARD. One of the most stylish...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Intertitles in English. |
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[United States] :
Filmmakers Showcase,
1931.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | PICTURING A METROPOLIS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. The film was made more or less on a hobby basis by a man named Bonney Powell, who was a cameraman/editor for Fox Movietone News. --DAVID SHEPARD. One of the most stylish of the 30s' New York City newsreel symphonies, the ever-popular "Manhattan Medley" was most probably a silent collection of shots with music added by the distributor. The roots of the form were fostered by the radical Film and Photo League, who favored a streetwise approach to cinematography similar to that used by documentary still photographers. The dusk-to-dawn time frame provided a container to display the dynamic views of city life. --BRUCE POSNER Bonney Powell, a cameraman and editor for Fox Movietone News, made "Manhattan Medley" and companion films "Broadway By Day" and "Meet Me Down at Coney Island" more or less on a hobby basis. Powell was sent by Fox to film Japan's war in China and was killed in action. --DAVID SHEPARD 35mm 1.20:1 black and white sound 10:04 minutes. |
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| Item Description: | "New York City unveiled". Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (11 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:10:29 |