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Film
Robert Frank Films: “Flamingo” (1997), “I Remember” (1998), “Sanyu” (1999) & “Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank” (1986)
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US 90 en route to Del Rio Texas, 1955
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Thursday Nov 19, 2009 (2–4pm)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- Price
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Free with museum admission
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The Met presents these four films by Robert Frank to accompany the special exhibition Looking In: Robert Frank’s "The Americans," on view now through December 27. In Flamingo Frank records the construction of a new foundation for his house in a remote area of Nova Scotia (7 min.). I Remember is a re-enactment of Frank's visit to the home of Alfred Stieglitz (5 min.). Sanyu is a tribute to Frank's friend Sanyu, a Chinese artist who died in anonymity (27 min.). Fire in the East: A Portrait of Robert Frank, directed by Philip and Amy Brookman, explores four decades of Frank's life, films, and photographs (28 min.). The screening will take place in the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall in the Uris Center for Education at 2 p.m.
Image: Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924). U.S. 90, en route to Del Rio, Texas, 1955. Private collection, courtesy Hamiltons Gallery, London. Photograph © Robert Frank, from “The Americans”
