New York, NY 10023
Tel:212-799-1515
Fax:212-799-1517
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200 West 72nd Street New York, NY 10023 Tel:212-799-1515 Fax:212-799-1517 |
|
|
|
Paradox on 72nd Street A PBS Special (55 minutes) |
|
"A beautiful film... Will be admired by everyone... Wonderful to show in schools...
Use my name in any way you see fit." Ashley Montagu, anthropologist, Princeton | |
 | |
|
"A remarkable documentary. There is nothing specifically remarkable in Paradox on 72nd Street,
yet it is all remarkable." Tom Jory, Associated Press |
|
 |
|
How do people really behave in the big city? An intimate study of how Americans live collectively while paradoxically claiming to believe in rugged individualism. |
|
| "If an anthropologist can study one village and then write about a whole culture, why can't we take one block in America as our microcosm? Of course, we all know New York isn't America. But if this isn't America, where is it?" Paradox on 72nd Street | |
| "It's intellectually provocative, visually excellent, and wonderfully informative." Sidney Morgenbesser, philosopher, Columbia University |
| A people-watching film about one, paradoxical, American street corner intently scrutinized by: |
|
 |
Lewis Thomas: the late great essayist (The Lives of a Cell) and self-styled biology watcher. |
|
Philip Slater: author (The Pursuit of Loneliness) and former head of Brandeis University Department of Sociology. |