Today, Manhattan is a byword for overpriced property, overexposed landmarks and overdressed fashionistas. In the late 70s, however, it was rat-infested, crime-crippled, cheap and nasty - somewhere for America to dump its immigrants, poor people and artists. Music, art, fashion and filmmaking burgeoned, fueled by drugs, dares, fads, feuds, and a fair helping of madness.... (Full plot summary below)
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Today, Manhattan is a byword for overpriced property, overexposed landmarks and overdressed fashionistas. In the late 70s, however, it was rat-infested, crime-crippled, cheap and nasty - somewhere for America to dump its immigrants, poor people and artists. Music, art, fashion and filmmaking burgeoned, fueled by drugs, dares, fads, feuds, and a fair helping of madness.
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| The New York TimesA.O. ScottMs. Danhier manages to conjure a glorious and grungy bygone past without fetishizing it as a golden age. A bunch of people got together and did some stuff, and this is what it looked like. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIn the end, Blank City becomes not just a salute to the artistic adventurousness of a bygone New York, but a reminder that new strains of creativity keep emerging, just when the scene looks stalest. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeAs Blank City proves, the all-night, every-night party was fun while it lasted. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe real reason to see Blank City is to catch snatches of the now-decades-old films - priceless DIY numbers that capture all the wild energy, humor, and rage of, if not a more innocent time, then certainly a cooler one. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMainly Blank City shows a succession of engaging, intelligent, middle-aged people showing some very bad home movies that they once hoped were something more. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerCeline Danhier's vivid documentary recreates the dangerous energy of New York City in the late 70s and early 80s. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis doc is interesting and worthy, but it is unlikely to send you seeking most of the films sampled in it. That was then, this is now, and it was fun while it lasted. |
| Time OutDavid FearNames get checked, baby-faced future celebrities like Vincent Gallo and Steve Buscemi make cameos, and various cross-pollinations between below–14th Street mavericks are clarified. |
| NYC Film CriticEthan AlterWhile Blank City's overall tone is celebratory, Danhier doesn't entirely shy away from some of the less admirable aspects of her subjects' lives. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoThough the area was filled with crime, drugs and derelict buildings, [the Lower East Side] nurtured a vibrant underground film scene. |
