Picturing a metropolis

In the ‘roaring twenties’ in the US, movies were increasingly becoming a pastime for intellectuals: young artists, photographers, poets, novelists, dancers and architects, eager to explore cinematic expression, learned how to handle the camera; in short, it was the birth of experimental cinema. The following film presented striking new impressions of New York that became one of the landmarks of this early American experiment 
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En los “felices años veinte” en EE.UU., las películas se convirtieron cada vez más en el pasatiempo intelectual: los jóvenes artistas, fotógrafos, poetas, novelistas, bailarines, arquitectos, deseosos de explorar la expresión fílmica, aprendieron a manejar la cámara; en pocas palabras, era el nacimiento del cine experimental. La siguiente es una película que presentó de una forma sorprendente nuevas impresiones de Nueva York, convirtiéndose en uno de los puntos de referencia del experimento norteamericano temprano:

*Twenty-Four Dollar Island (watch here) / 13 minutes / Music: Donald Sosin /c. 1926
*Mannahatta (watch  here) 9.40 minutes / silent / 1921

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My first review for Nomada Research / Mi primera reseña para Nomada Research

I'm officially a contributor of "Nomada Research", here's my first review.
Soy oficialmente una colaboradora de "Nomada Investigación", aquí está mi primera reseña.

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Nomada Research is a blog about works inspired by places by Nomada Ediciónes, which is an independent publisher based in Bogotá, Colombia. 

Click here to read my review of Herbet Ponting's journey to the South Pole !!! 

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Nomada Research es un blog inspirado en lugares por Nomada Ediciónes, que es una editorial independiente con sede en Bogotá, Colombia.

Presione aquí para leer mi reseña del viaje al polo sur de Herbet Ponting !!!!

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