Organism

Duration: 19 min
Release date: 1975-05-23
IMDB

Filmed between 1959 and 1974 using pioneering time-lapse techniques, Hilary Harris’ experimental documentary presents New York City as a living organism. Through a dynamic montage of traffic, crowds, and urban movement, the film explores the parallels between the rhythms of city life and the processes of the human body.

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