Movie
Bum
1965 · 48 min
A raw, unpolished street portrait that drifts slowly, asking patience as it lets marginalized voices speak for themselves.
- Directed by
- Les Levine
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- A chronicle of the lives and testimonies of men living on New York’s Bowery. One of the earliest documentary style "street tapes" created with Sony's Portapak.
- How it feels
- Bleak, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, survival, politics, loneliness
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Les Levine
- Genres
- Documentary