DocumentaMadrid
XV Festival Internacional de Cine Documental
Synopsis
A one-hour trip through New York City’s lower-east side, produced on video for French television without editing the narrative. It presents a startling juxtaposition of scripted fiction which appears to be drawn from real life and improvised documentation that overlays the story when Peter Orlovsky arrives to confront the filmmaker.
Biografía del director
Robert Frank
Robert Frank (b. 1924, Zurich) is one of the most well-known and acclaimed photographers in the world. Yet he was also a filmmaker, a fact that comparatively few remember or are even aware of. From 1959 onwards, he put his work as a photographer on hold to focus on cinema, going on to complete more than 25 films over a 50-year career until his death in September 2019. Many of these are regarded as seminal works within the international independent and documentary scene.
Photo credit: Dodo Jin Ming
Images gallery
Finished
Sessions
December
Thursday 17
20:00 h
Filmoteca Española. Cine Doré.
Credits
Language
English - Subtitles in spanish
Director
Robert Frank
Production
Philippe Grandrieux
Assistant Director
Michal Rovner