‘NY, NY: A Century of City Symphony Films’ with Jon Gartenberg at Tisch 10/28

by Cecilie Joerck

This Wednesday, October 28th, there is a good reason to spend the evening at the Michelson Theater at NYU.

Archivist and curator Jon Gartenberg provides an overview of the genre of City Symphony Films produced in New York City, extending from the period of early cinema at the dawn of the 20th century through to the digital works of the first decade of 21st Century, as seen through the lens of independent and experimental filmmakers.

This presentation is based on Gartensberg’s article “NY NY: A Century of City Symphony Films” that was recently published in Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media.

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PROGRAM

  • Interiors, N.Y. Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street (1905, G. W. Bitzer). 5 min.
  • Empire of Steel: A Story of a Supreme Achievement in Steel Construction (1931,
    Otis Elevator Co.). 6 min.
  • The City (1939, Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke). [Sequence: City Life].
    13 min.
  • New York: A Documentary Film (2001, Ric Burns). [Sequence: Introduction to
    Episode 7]. 3 min.
  • The D Train (2011, Jay Rosenblatt). 5 min.
  • N.Y., N.Y. (1957, Francis Thompson). 15 min.
  • Block Print online  (1976, George Griffin). 16 min.
  • Empire II (2007, Amos Poe),. [Sequence: Main Title Opening]. 5 min.
  • Native New Yorker (2005, Steve Bilich). 13 min.

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  • NYC Weights and Measures (2006, Jem Cohen). 6 min.

Cheap
 

DETAILS

  • WHEN: Wednesday Oct. 28th, 2015. 6.15 pm.
  • Cheap WHERE: Michelson Theater, Department of Cinema Studies, 721 Broadway, 6th floor.
  • HOW: The event is free and open to the public.

 

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