A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide..
The Docks of New York is one of those rare silent films that doesn't feel like a museum piece. If you are looking for a starting point for late-silent era cinema, or if you just want to see where the visual language of Film Noir was born, this is essential viewing. It is for anyone who appreciates mood over plot, and f...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Josef von Sternberg
Bruno Ziener
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"The Docks of New York is one of those rare silent films that doesn't feel like a museum piece. If you are looking for a starting point for late-silent era cinema, or if you just want to see where the visual language of Film Noir was born, this is essential viewing. It is for anyone who appreciates mood over plot, and for viewers who want to see how much emotion can be packed into a single lighting choice. It will likely bore those who need rapid-fire dialogue or high-concept action; this is a fi..."
Julian Johnson, John Monk Saunders, Jules Furthman
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Drama, Crime, Romance
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