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199910 minPG-13doc-short

6.2/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

Historical Events Art History

The Third Memory

199910 minPG-13doc-short

6.2/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

A two-channel video reenacts the 1972 bank heist in Brooklyn, featuring John Wojtowicz recounting his personal experience nearly 30 years later.

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A two-channel video reenacts the 1972 bank heist in Brooklyn, featuring John Wojtowicz recounting his personal experience nearly 30 years later.

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Pierre Huyghe

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John Wojtowicz recounts the events of a notorious 1972 bank heist in Brooklyn, which inspired Sidney Lumet's film 'Dog Day Afternoon.' Set in a reconstructed bank, Pierre Huyghe's 10-minute documentary features a two-channel video that reenacts the heist. Huyghe incorporates various cultural formats, including billboards and television broadcasts, to challenge the boundaries between art and life. The film invites reflection on the nature of memory and experience nearly 30 years after the original event.

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