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Impressions de New York (1955)

Impressions de New York poster
Directed by
François Reichenbach
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
12 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This French short film shows a highly personal view of New York City through a subjective camera. The images are set to music by Bela Bartok and a text by Arthur Rimbaud.

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What happens

Impressions de New York est un court métrage français réalisé par François Reichenbach, sorti en 1955. La caméra subjective de François Reichenbach filme une vision très singulière la ville de New York. Les images sont accompagnées d’une musique de Bela Bartók et sur un texte d'Arthur Rimbaud. Le commentaire est écrit par Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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