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Plot Summary
The first of Lionel Rogosin's award-winning films, ON THE BOWERY, introduces us to the inhabitants of the Bowery (a small neighborhood in New York City) and to two men particular, Ray Salyer and Gorman Hendricks. We follow these characters' lives in the bars, flophouses and streets of the infamous Bowery.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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95%- Reviews Counted: 22
- Fresh: 21
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 9.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: This landmark documentary disturbs and compels as much today in a new 35mm restoration as it did when it opened in 1956 to both criticism and acclaim.
Fresh: Rogosin's famous, if underseen, landmark wades into the notorious human ruin as no other film ever did.
Fresh: "On the Bowery" offers some of the most indelible faces in an American docudrama, faces ravaged by alcohol and poverty, creased by defeat and self-deception, surrounded by a New York City that does not care. Yet no one on screen asks for pity.
Fresh: Shot on 16mm in black-and-white with a Bolex camera, the results remain stunningly authentic.
Customer Reviews
Beautifully restored
Excellent snapshot of NYC's Bowery in the 50s. Shot in a realist manor rare for the time in American film.
On The Bowery
Too cool for school... or the public. Great to see it back in one piece.
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