Thursday, March 24, 2011

NYC 1983

Thanks to EV Grieve reader Crazy Eddie for sending this link along... Andrew Sullivan posted this yesterday at the Atlantic (via The Daily What)... a stop-action tour of NYC circa 1983... (and look — no cellphones!)



Here's the description:

A five minute film by Rick Liss.
A portrait of New York City circa early 1980s.
Which was an extremely fertile time creatively in New York City. This is a record of the city at that time.
Music principally by Laurie Anderson

[Oops! I didn't realize that Alex had this over at Flaming Pablum on March 15!]
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7 comments:

  1. NYCDreaminMarch 24, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    Alex over at Flaming Pablum had this about a week ago too - cool video!

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  2. EV GrieveMarch 24, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    AHH! Thanks for letting me know. (Sorry about that Alex!)

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  3. Alex in NYCMarch 24, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    I'll get you, Grieve!!! :)

    Yeah, I found it on YouTube, then Bowery Boogie piked it up, then HuffPo picked it up from him and then Salon picked it up from HuffPo and the whole thing snowballed.

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  4. EV GrieveMarch 24, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    VIRAL!!!

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  5. LisaMarch 24, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Yeah, no cell phones, no hipsters, but instead much-missed things like Checker cabs and the World Trade Center...

    A lovely ride, thanks to all who made it possible to see.

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  6. Marty WombacherMarch 24, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    This is a great piece of film! It's going to be depressing walking to work past the Bed Bath and Beyond, Olive Garden and other eyesores on the way after seeing this, though. I love the fact they cut Tarzan into it!

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  7. Laura Goggin PhotographyMarch 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    That was like an entire Saturday squeezed into 5 minutes. I'm exhausted! lol

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