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El Atlantis

1973 · 21 min

A quiet, hypnotic drift through vanished city streets, toy piano notes turning old footage into a dreamlike meditation.

Directed by
Frank Kuenstler
Genres
Documentary
Overview
This experimental short by New York poet Frank Kuenstler features footage shot in the 1950s of the now-vanished Third Avenue El, set to a soundtrack of Kuenstler playing a toy piano.

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Directed by
Frank Kuenstler
Genres
Documentary
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • art
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • found footage
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension1
    Darkness2
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Frank Kuenstler
    Runtime
    21 min
    Languages
    English

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