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Wikipedia article




'Broadway by Light' is a 1958 French-American[https://quadcinema.com/film/who-are-you-polly-maggoo-broadway-by-light/ Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? + Broadway By Light|Quad Cinema] experimental short film debut by the photographer William Klein.[https://mubi.com/films/broadway-by-light MUBI][https://walkerart.org/magazine/william-klein-2009 Dialogues & Film Retrospectives: William Klein - Walker Art Center]

Summary



A documentary study of nighttime at Times Square and the bright-lighted advertising of Broadway.[https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/william-klein-daido-moriyama/william-klein-broadway-by-light-who-are-you-polly-0 William Klein: Broadway by Light Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? - Tate Modern][https://www.npr.org/2003/05/06/1238966/the-season-of-william-klein The Season of William Klein - NPR]

Production



Klein was encouraged by French New Wave filmmakers Alain Resnais and Chris Marker (the latter responsible for the text at the beginning of the film).[https://unitednationsofphotography.com/2014/07/20/film-william-klein-broadway-by-light/ FILM: William Klein 'Broadway by Light' 1958 - The United Nations of Photography][https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/658-eclipse-series-9-the-delirious-fictions-of-william-klein Eclipse Series 9: The Delirious Fictions of William Klein|Current|The Criterion Collection]

Reception and legacy



The film's pop art style contrasts the usually gritty photography of Klein, which were taken during daylight, thus being called the first pop film.[https://walkerart.org/magazine/light-and-freedom-william-kleins-pop-politics Light and Freedom: William Klein's Pop Politics - Walker Art Center][https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/arts/design/william-klein-photography-icp-review.html Trying to Contain William Klein in One Show Isn't Easy - The New York Times]

It earned praise from master auteur Orson Welles.[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/sight-sound-interview-william-klein The Sight & Sound interview: William Klein - BFI]

Category:1958 short films

Category:Films directed by William Klein

Category:1950s avant-garde and experimental films

Category:American short films

Category:French short films

Category:Films set in New York City

Category:Films without speech

Category:1958 directorial debut films

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