One Hour (1990)

Manhattan. July 26, 1990. 15:45 ~ 16:45.

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One of the longest handheld tracking shots in film history, It’s Real documents an hour in the street life of downtown Manhattan. Not only is it a unique record of a particular time and place—July 26, 1990, from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. in the Lower East Side near Robert Frank’s studio (we note in a Daily News headline that after some 20 years the Zodiac killer still hasn’t been identified)—it’s also an experiment in fragmentary language, gesture, and life caught unawares. Snippets of dialogue captured in passing at phone booths and crosswalks, in alleyways, subways, and diners—chance encounters, only presumably, with people going about their day—have something of the aleatory cut-up technique of the Dadaists in the 1920s and William Burroughs and Byron Gysin in the 1950s, an effort to divine new and deeper meanings in ordinary life. — Museum of Modern Art

Director: Robert Frank
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 60 min
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Country: France
Language: English
Original Language: en
More Films by Director: Robert Frank
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is One Hour about?
One of the longest handheld tracking shots in film history, It’s Real documents an hour in the street life of downtown Manhattan. Not only is it a unique record of a particular time and place—July 26, 1990, from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. in the Lower East Side near Robert Frank’s studio (we note in a Daily News headline that after some 20 years the Zodiac killer still hasn’t been identified)—it’s also an experiment in fragmentary language, gesture, and life caught unawares. Snippets of dialogue captured in passing at phone booths and crosswalks, in alleyways, subways, and diners—chance encounters, only presumably, with people going about their day—have something of the aleatory cut-up technique of the Dadaists in the 1920s and William Burroughs and Byron Gysin in the 1950s, an effort to divine new and deeper meanings in ordinary life. — Museum of Modern Art
Who directed One Hour?
One Hour was directed by Robert Frank.
Who stars in One Hour?
One Hour stars Taylor Mead, Peter Orlovsky, Odessa Taft, Jim Stark, Kevin J. O'Connor, William Rice.
How long is One Hour?
One Hour has a runtime of 1h 0m (60 minutes).
What genre is One Hour?
One Hour is a Documentary film.
Where was One Hour produced?
One Hour was produced in France.