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Nymphlight (1957)

Nymphlight (1957)

Documentary
Release Date: 1957, January 1
Directors: Joseph Cornell
Countries: United States of America

Overview:

A short, avant-garde movie, starring twelve-year-old ballet student Gwen Thomas, Nymphlight is a lovely blend of fact and fiction, using Bryant Park at the New York Public Library as a stage set for the fantasy inclusion of a certain nymph. A meditation on an ephemeral day in the the life of a park shared by birds, the young and the old.

Keywords:

new york city short film avant-garde pigeon fountain raw footage