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The Statue of Liberty
1985 · Film · documentary · 60 min
Directed by Ken Burns
For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life. Nominated for both the Academy Award ® and the Emmy Award ®, The Statue of Liberty received the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle, the Christopher Award and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
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I have always thought of 4chan, at least their 'random' board, as akin to a sort of performance art. It reminds me of the experimental film scene in the 70s and 80s in NYC. The theaters were filled with prostitutes, pimps, thugs, drug addicts, etc. The experimental films which were shown were not anything that could be shown to mainstream audiences, things like Andy Warhol's 'films' that were downright pornographic, or just a camera pointed at the Statue of Liberty for 24 hours, just experiments with the medium. Also shown were works by the likes of Alejandro Jodorowsky and others who went on to create other bizarre cult classics. While the things being done in those theaters had no real place in the mainstream, many of the people in the audience at that time as children or young adults went on to become the most popular directors and influential filmmakers of the 90s through to today. There is no question that they were grimy, deviant, subversive places where crimes of various sorts took place. But they were also important artistic and cultural crucibles, and the experiments that took place there sometimes happened upon techniques or ideas that later enriched our world. It's not always pretty to see how the sausage is made.