On the bowery / produced and directed by Lionel Rogosin.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rogosin, Lionel, 1924-2000, director, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholism--New York (State)--New York--Drama.

Alcoholism.

Alcoholics--New York (State)--New York--Drama.

Alcoholics.

Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street)--Drama.

Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Films, 2000.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

ON THE BOWERY chronicles three days in the drinking life of Ray Salyer, a part-time railroad worker adrift on New York's skid row, the Bowery. When the film first opened it 1956, it exploded on the screen, burning away years of Hollywood artifice, jump-starting the post-war American independent scene and earning an Oscar nomination. Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, ON THE BOWERY is simultaneously an incredible document of a bygone era and a vivid and devastating portrait of addiction that resonates today just as it did when it was made. For songwriter Woody Guthrie, his guitar was a machine that 'kills fascists.' For Lionel Rogosin, the weapon of choice was a movie camera and his first battle was waged on the streets of New York City. Exploring the underworld of the city's skid row, Rogosin developed his signature style. After months drinking with men he met on the Bowery, Rogosin worked with them to write a screenplay that reflected their lives and then cast his drinking buddies as themselves.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).

Nominated 1958 Academy Awards, Best Documentary

Won 1957 BAFTA Awards, Best Documentary Film

Won 1956 Venice Film Festival, Best Foreign Documentary

OCLC:

971297507

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.