Manhatta 74928 212352965 2008-05-14T14:11:41Z Kbdankbot 6505923 Robot - move category per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 May 8|2008 May 8]] {{Infobox Film | name = Manhatta | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = | producer = | writer = | narrator = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = [[1921 in film|1921]] | runtime = 10 mins | country = {{USA}} | language = [[English language|English]] | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = | amg_id = 1:31284 | imdb_id = 0131468 }} {{Inappropriate tone|date=December 2007}} '''''Manhatta''''' ([[1921 in film|1921]]) is a short [[documentary film]] which revels in the haze rising from city smoke stacks. With the city as subject, it consists of 65 shots sequenced in a loose narrative, beginning with a ferry approaching Manhattan and ending with a sunset view from a sky scraper. The primary objective of the film is to explore the relationship between photography and film; camera movement is kept to a minimum, as is incidental motion within each shot. Each frame provides a view of the city that has been carefully arranged into abstract compositions. It was an attempt to show the film makers' love for the city of [[New York, New York|New York]]. ''Manhatta'' was a collaboration between painter [[Charles Sheeler]] and photographer [[Paul Strand]]. The interspersed title cards include excerpts from [[Walt Whitman]]. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the [[Library of Congress]], selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]], and was restored for the DVD set ''[[Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941|Unseen Cinema]]'' in October 2005. ==External links== *[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131468/ ''Manhatta'' at IMDB] *[http://unseen-cinema.com/ ''Unseen Cinema'' website] [[Category:1922 films]] [[Category:Documentaries about cities]] [[Category:United States National Film Registry films]] [[Category:Black and white films]] {{documentary-film-stub}}