In the Street (1948)
- Directed by
- Janice Loeb, James Agee, Helen Levitt
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 16 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This black and white silent film captures street life in Spanish Harlem in the 1940s. It focuses on children at play and daily interactions, recorded with a hidden camera.
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What happens
In the Street is a 16-minute documentary film released in 1948 and again in 1952. The black and white, silent film was shot in the mid-1940s in the Spanish Harlem section of New York City. Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and James Agee were the cinematographers; they used small, hidden 16 mm film cameras to record street life, especially of children. Levitt edited the film and, subsequent to its first release, added a piano soundtrack composed and performed by Arthur Kleiner. In 2020 Ben Model composed for a special Museum of Modern Art screening a new music score. This version plays about 18 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Strange Victory (1948)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.