Rooftops of New York
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Rooftops of New York |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert McCarty |
| script | Robert McCarty |
| production | Robert Gaffney |
| music | Joseph Liebman |
| camera | Robert McCarty |
Rooftops of New York is an American short film directed by Robert McCarty from 1961, for which producer Robert Gaffney was nominated for an Oscar .
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Robert McCarty looks at the roofs of New York with his camera and captures a world of its own. We are invited to see the city and the habits of some of its residents from a new perspective. For example, we see a plump man who is doing fitness exercises on his roof with a jump rope and sweating profusely. The camera then leaves him to watch other people, but returns every few minutes to see what progress he's made. The fact that he treats himself to a rich picnic at the end of his exercises is also not forgotten.
Further vignettes open showing women sunbathing, lovers meeting under the shelter of the roofs, children playing, hobby gardeners looking at their plants, people at the pottery wheel and laundry that is drying in the wind. McCarty's bird's eye view gives an unusual view of what is going on on the rooftops of New York.
Production, publication
It is a production by Columbia Pictures Corporation in association with McCarty-Rush-Gaffney and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. You can hear the Modern Jazz Quartet and Lionel Hampton on the vibraphone .
The film premiered on June 22, 1961 in New York.
Award
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Oscar nomination for Robert Gaffney and the film in the category "Best Short Film" (Live Action) .
However, the trophy went to Hilary Harris and his film Seawards the Great Ships , which is about the shipbuilding industry on the Clyde in Scotland .
Web links
- Rooftops of New York in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rooftops of New York (1961) see letterboxd.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rooftops of New York see loc.gov. (English)
- ↑ The 34th Academy Awards | 1962 see oscars.org (English)