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The Savage Eye (1960)

The Savage Eye poster
Directed by
Sidney Meyers, Ben Maddow, Joseph Strick
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This black-and-white documentary captures raw, unscripted moments of city life in late 1950s Los Angeles. It follows a woman navigating the streets, observing anonymous people in their daily routines and isolated interactions.

observationalrawunflinchingrealisticdispassionateeverydayurbanconcrete

What happens

The Savage Eye is a 1959 independent film written, produced, directed, and edited by Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, and Joseph Strick. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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