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198010 minGdoc-short

City Edition

198010 minGdoc-short

A rapid montage presents political events, wars, sports, celebrity moments, and natural disasters, reflecting the dissonance of reading a newspaper.

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A rapid montage presents political events, wars, sports, celebrity moments, and natural disasters, reflecting the dissonance of reading a newspaper.

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Alan Berliner

Alan Berlinerdirector

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A bustling New York City street sets the stage as a single issue of the New York Times is printed and purchased. The film presents a rapid montage of found footage, capturing political events, wars, sports highlights, celebrity moments, and natural disasters. These scenes interweave, reflecting the dissonance of consuming news through the folded pages of a newspaper. City Edition offers a fragmented view of the world, presenting a collage of significant moments from 1980.

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