MAN HAT TAN

Shot in New York City, in August 2012 and August 2013, recorded on camcorders, circa 2000, compiled and cut in Final Cut Pro X in June 2020.
Locations include; Central Park, Midtown Manhattan, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Fifth Avenue, Trump Tower, Empire State Building, Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn and the Hudson River.
Featured are; the John Legend cover artist, the Hudson river-boat tour guide, Maria Sharapova and countless New Yorkers. Also featured is, Brazilian Day.
“Do you know how much it costs to make a penny today? Almost three cents. Two point eight. They’re more to make than they’re worth. You would need more than thirty million pennies, because they’re more than ninety-eight percent zinc today, just to have enough copper. And more than sixty million dollars to make a duplet. Have you seen the light? In her right hand, a torch, twenty-four carrot gold leaf, thinner than a sheet of newspaper, reflecting sunlight or spotlights. If you’re smart enough to bring a torch, you won’t stumble in the dark. Her proper title is ‘Liberty Enlightening the World’. The world have seven continents, seven seas, her crowns halo has seven points. Why enlighten a world without democracy? Is she dressed in himation Grecian robes for Athens as democracies birth place? Or is it a Roman garment, named a stola, given a slave made free.”
David Parker
Hudson river-boat tour guide
Intro music; Bob James - Angela (Theme from TAXI) 1978.
All footage; Andrew Allen © 2020

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New friend from r/ here. :) I love the old film feel of this! Wow 2012 footage.