New York City in slow motion: suddenly everyone's a masterpiece.
STREET is an unscripted 61-minute high definition video filmed by artist James Nares over one week in September 2011. The final video is a mesmerizing experiment in the nuance and beauty of everyday people and people-watching; providing a global view that extends beyond the streets of New York where it was filmed: from Battery Park to the furthest reaches of Upper Broadway, and West Side to East Side in Nares’ personal homage to actualité films.
Cinematography
super-slow 1,000fps captures micro-expressions you'd never register
Direction
Nares' invisible hand lets chaos choreograph itself
Sound
Thurston Moore's guitar drone replaces city noise entirely
Director
Jamie Nares
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nares explicitly homage actualité films by the Lumière brothers, but replaces their industrial optimism with post-9/11 urban melancholy. The September 2011 filming date matters.
Originally projected on a massive 65mm film loop, the theatrical version demanded your physical presence in ways streaming cannot replicate.
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