Step into a kaleidoscopic time machine to 1950s New York! 🍎✨ Francis Thompson’s "N.Y., N.Y." is an avant-garde masterpiece that transforms the Big Apple into a surreal, Cubist-Dadaist dreamscape.
Experience NYC through fractured lenses that twist skyscrapers, fold taxicabs, and turn everyday moments into geometric poetry. No narration needed – just pure visual jazz synchronized to Gene Forrell’s vibrant score. A psychedelic (yet family-friendly!) trip through retro metropolis magic. ✨🗽
Using custom lenses and mirrors, Thompson spent eight years creating this visionary 15-minute journey through a day in NYC – from morning subways to neon-lit nights. A true landmark of experimental cinema! 🎥🌀
Original title: A Day in New York
Also known as: N.Y., N.Y.
🎬 CREDITS
Directed by: Francis Thompson
Produced by: Francis Thompson
Cinematography: Francis Thompson
Editing: Francis Thompson
Music: Gene Forrell
Production: Les Productions Artistes Associés
💡 DID YOU KNOW?
Aldous Huxley hailed it as "a new form of visionary art"
Shot with a Kodak Cine-Special using handcrafted optical effects
Budget $10,000
Won the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes (1959)
Original negatives sat under Thompson’s bed for 30 years!
