Visionary documentary that contrasts the conditions of life in small towns and in the industrialized cities, starting with a brief portrait of pre-industrial United States, then moving into the modern chaotic, industrial and commercial city to reflect on the effects of this environment on family life and the raising of children, and finally proposing a return to a simpler life, in an idyllic “new city” in Maryland, constructed as a New Deal project, to promote proper upbringing of children, as well as a stable family life.

The.City.1939.DVDRip-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	43mn 40s
Size: 	910 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	718x480 ~> 718x538
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	Variable
Bit rate: 	2 599 Kbps
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Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 256 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/8F5F086E4C74589/The.City.1939.DVDRip-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke – The City (1939) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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“HANDS is an ingenious piece of propaganda that communicates not only through the thrust of its content, but through the very unconventionality of its “experimental” structure. The film suggests that the government that produced it is imaginative and inventive, open to new possibilities, and supportive of forms of free expression.” – Scott MacDonald

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“Educated at Dartmouth, Ralph Steiner became a successful commercial and much honored fine art photographer. He made perhaps the first American abstract film, H2O (1929), following it with other experiments, some political in nature, some in Hollywood. Steiner also photographed with Paul Strand THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936) and co-directed and photographed THE CITY (1939) with Willard Van Dyke and Henwar Rodakiewicz.” – Robert A. Haller

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“Willard Van Dyke, a photographer by age 12, formed in 1932 with Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Imogen Cunningham the pivotal West Coast photography group f/64. Moving East, he became a noted documentary film-maker working closely with Pare Lorentz and Ralph Steiner among others. HANDS may be his first completed film.” – Robert A. Haller

Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke - 1934 - Hands.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	3 min 53 s
Size: 	69.9 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	686x480 ~> 686x514
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 289 kb/s
BPP: 	0.290
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s (Music by Eric Beheim)

https://nitro.download/view/54E5CE039B63502/Ralph_Steiner_&_Willard_Van_Dyke_-_1934_-_Hands.mkv

Language(s):None
Subtitles:None

The post Ralph Steiner & Willard Van Dyke – Hands (1934) first appeared on Cinema of the World.