Interior, N.Y. Subway

Starring: N/A
Directed by: G.W. Bitzer
Rating: Not rated
Genre: Short, Documentary
Length: 5 minutes
1905

Times Seen:
Tim: 1

Summary: Short documentary that details a ride through New York's subway system.
Review:

Tim: Admittedly, there's not a whole lot of substance to Interior, N.Y. Subway. It is a five-minute film of a subway car traveling through the tunnels, occasionally stopping and picking up passengers. That's about it. One thing I really liked was the imagery of it all. The subway lights up the dark tunnel around it, and it looks beautiful, a sole subway running through a dark abyss, with a flickering square of light all around it. It was picturesque, in a way.

I also liked the few times when the subway stopped, and you could see passengers in 1905 getting on and off the subway. It was interesting to note their dress (very different than typical subway riders today) and to think that this movie reached back through over 100 years of time to let us get a little peak of people going through their normal day, oblivious that in some small way, their image would last far after the end of their life.

Unfortunately, this short documentary doesn't give us more than that. It's mostly just the subway, some lights, and an occasional passenger. I liked thinking about the early days of cinema, as filmmakers were still trying to figure out what motion pictures could be used for, and experimented with different shots. In that regard, this film is definitely worth seeing.

Rating 1-10
Tim's Rating: N/A



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