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Manhatta

192110 minUnited States
Documentary

Synopsis

A ferry approaches Manhattan, introducing a city seen through crowds, structures, work and changing light. The sequence moves without a central character toward a sunset viewed from a skyscraper. Intertitles drawn from Walt Whitman accompany the urban images.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
9:40
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Charles Sheeler / Paul Strand · Public domain

DirectorsCharles SheelerPaul Strand

Behind the scenes

Painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand bring a largely static photographic approach to moving images. The arrangement of views makes the city itself the subject of the short.

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