Dream of a city / Cinema Conservancy ; Streetwise Films ; a film by Manfred Kirchheimer ; produced by Manfred Kirchheiner, Jacob Perlin ; direction, editing, sound, Manfred Kirchheimer ; a Streetwise film.

Title & Author:

Publication:

New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, [2019]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 38 min.) : sound, black and white with 1 color sequence ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Running time listed as 39 minutes on container and 37 min. on disc label; actual running time is 37:53.
Publication date from publisher's Web site.
Publication date from publisher's website.
Camera, Manfred Kirchheimer, Walter Hess ; editor, Manfred Kirchheimer ; music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Noel Gay, Isham Jones/Gus Cahn, Sergei Prokofiev, Dimitri Shostakovich.
Blu-ray; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
No dialogue; one song in German.

Summary:

Between 1958 and 1960 Walter Hess and Manny Kirchheimer shot black and white 16mm film from Wall Street to midtown New York to the Delaware River. They documented the activities at a huge construction site, street life in Hell's Kitchen, New York harbor traffic, and rare glimpses of nature. Then the footage was left unedited. In 2017 Kirchheimer took up the challenge of editing it. Once the picture was set he searched for music and sound effects that would mesh with the surrealism of the material. The result is a dynamic and compact symphony of a city.

Subject:

City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Travel.
New York (N.Y.) Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) Descriptions et voyages.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Short films.
Courts métrages.

Added entries:

Kirchheimer, Manfred, film director, film producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work, sound designer.
Perlin, Jake, film producer.
Hess, Walter (Filmmaker), director of photography.
Cinema Conservancy, production company.
Streetwise Films, production company.
Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307664
Call No.: BIB 253138
Status: Available

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