CENTRAL PARK is a film about the famous New York City landmark and the variety of ways in which people make use of it: running, boating, walking, skating, music, theatre, sports, picnics, parades and concerts. The film also illustrates the complex problems the New York City Parks Department deals with in order to maintain and preserve the park and keep it open and accessible to the public.
Direction
Wiseman's invisible camera finds entire dramas in silence
Editing
No narration, just rhythmic cuts between chaos and calm
Production
Three years of filming compressed into pure New York texture
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wiseman shot over 100 hours of footage and spent a year editing—longer than many narrative features take to produce.
Released during peak 'urban crisis' reporting, this was radical for showing Black and white, rich and poor sharing space without conflict as the main story.
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