Free Time

[CMoore]

In the tradition of New York’s greatest street photographers, Manny Kirchheimer’s FREE TIME is a new film based on lustrous B&W footage he and Walter Hess shot throughout the city from 1958-1960. New York’s stately architectural beauty contrasts with rough and raw scenes of kids playing stickball, window washers balancing precariously, and stoop-sitters reading the paper or daydreaming. The ways in which life in Washington Heights differs from Hell’s Kitchen, the Upper West Side, or the Financial District are captured with a sensitive, loving eye and an ear for the musical rhythms of city life. Complementing FREE TIME is Rudy Burckhardt’s classic UNDER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE: Early 1950s Brooklyn is both majestic and grubby, dangerous and exhilarating – but never more so than when a gaggle of boys strip off their clothes and dive into the East River for a swim.

 

[pentaxuser]

CMoore, it looked very promising but 1 minute 24 secs was unfortunately not enough to give more than a hint of a flavour.

pentaxuser

 

[CMoore]

CMoore, it looked very promising but 1 minute 24 secs was unfortunately not enough to give more than a hint of a flavour.

pentaxuser

I will give you a tip.
1. Its called a trailer, that is all you ever get.
2. You want more.? Oil the hinges on your wallet.
Good Luck

 

[pentaxuser]

As a matter of interest how much oil is required for the wallet's hinges? Have you oiled the hinges and what does this get you that makes it worthwhile?

Thanks

pentaxuser

 

[samcomet]

I haven't yet tried this yet, but it might be where you can stream it......looks to be USD$12 for a 3 day "rental." Cheers!

 

[CMoore]

I haven't yet tried this yet, but it might be where you can stream it......looks to be USD$12 for a 3 day "rental." Cheers!

yeah.... from Film Forum.
They said their catalog is real small right now. Other than Free Time, there is not much else i want to see