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New York: A Documentary Film
1999I took my time getting through this documentary over the course of 6 months. Partly because it’s 17 hours long, and mostly because I didn’t want it to end.
I treasured every second of this journey through the history of New York, which is ultimately the history of America. On a technical level, what the creators do to transport the viewer to a specific time in history is astonishing. The combination of sound design, editing, narration, and archival materials was…