A boy from Brooklyn, wrongly led to believe that he's killed another child escapes to the fantasy and fun of Coney Island to escape in this all-but forgotten drama that proves big budgets and studios aren't always needed to create a memorable, internationally distinguished gem. The story remains most notable for its offbeat treating of the child not as an adorable Hollywood moppet, but as a real little boy, simultaneously afraid that he really hurt someone, and thrilled to be alone in the famed amusement park. The film's ground-breaking handheld cinematography was a huge influence on the French New Wave and American independent films scenes.
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Earlier Event: January 26
Tufnell Park Film Club Winter Film Quiz
Later Event: February 4
Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, USA, 1964)