Broadway by Light

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Broadway by Light

1958

0h 11m

6.8(28 votes)

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An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's Great White Way.

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Directed by: William Klein
Written by: Chris Marker

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