No. Less frightening than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Manhatta end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Not especially. Less sad than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Manhatta easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Manhatta

Name: Manhatta
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1921
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 6.6

Directed by Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand

192111 min6.6 / 10

A poetic visual hymn to New York City's energy and grandeur, rendered through carefully composed imagery and Whitman's transcendentalist verse.

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.

Clusters

Space and Science Wonders American City Movies Urban and Small-Town Settings Musical Theatre & Opera Nature Documentary Filmmaking

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

City Portrait Silent Film Manhattan, New York City City Symphony Short Film Poetic Documentary

Questions people ask

Is Manhatta scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.
Is Manhatta violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Does Manhatta end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Manhatta sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is Manhatta easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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