Shot in 1959, Michael Blackwood's first film, Broadway Express, is a portrait of the people of New York City, as experienced in the city's lively subways. Blackwood's camera captures the beautiful and chaotic choreography of the commuters - a well dressed older gentleman picking his nose, a carefree drunkard keeping himself entertained, the symmetry of two reserved nuns in full habit juxtaposed with two adolescents locked in lighthearted fisticuffs, a young boy dancing with a youthful vitality that captures the attention of some onlookers and forces others to hide even further behind their newspapers. Accompanied by a sparse musical score driven by punchy snare drums and rumbling piano notes that emulate the rhythmic, pacing pounding of the subway cars, this short film pulses with a frenetic energy that builds to a crescendo before collapsing into the collective weariness of New York City at days end
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