MANHATTA (1921) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Charles Seeler, Paul Strand
Visions of New York, inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. The scale is grand: skyscrapers, steamships, bridges, rail yards, streets. There's no intimacy at all, no closeups, not even a face, just the anonymous crowd, dwarfed by the immensity of the city. [Note: The movie's title really is spelled that way.]
