One Hour
C'est vrai
“Manhattan. July 26, 1990. 15:45 ~ 16:45.”
Synopsis
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
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Robert Frank
- Screenplay & Story
- Jerry Poynton, Michal Rovner
- Original Title
- C'est vrai
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Robert Frank
Jerry Poynton, Michal Rovner, Robert Frank
Department Leadership Roster
Jerry Poynton
Screenplay
Michal Rovner
Screenplay
Robert Frank
Director
Robert Frank
Writer
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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?
The principal cast of One Hour includes Taylor Mead, Peter Orlovsky, Odessa Taft, Jim Stark, Kevin J. O'Connor.
When was One Hour released and how long is it?
One Hour was released in 1990 with a total runtime of 1h 0m.