Friday 13 October 2017

A city awakes

A Bronx Morning (1931)

Directed by Jay Leyda this is a short film. We see the Bronx in New York as it comes to life in the morning.

Not entirely original this is still a solid example of the city scape genre or “city symphony”. Fitting in well with other genre examples this film is not Man with a Movie Camera (1929), lacking some of the more playful elements of that film, but still a decent watch. As a historical record no doubt this is a note worthy film but in my opinion not for much more than that.


3/5

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