Film · Biograph · 1906
Pass it on
The Skyscrapers of New York
43Leave it.
The height is the work, and I won't guess how the quarrel ends.
Take controlThis scores 43. The Skyscrapers of New York cannot be blocked by name on this shelf. The lock is the phone. Block it
The review
Billy Bitzer put men at work high above the street. The height is the thrill they sold. A teen can watch it. A quarrel breaks out on the girders. I don't know how that quarrel ends, and I won't invent a winner so the night feels finished.
The work is the part that felt solid. A building job at that height is something a person would miss if it went wrong. The fight is how the reel keeps your eye. Tell a teen the sale was the height, then stop. Don't finish their argument over the dishes.
Journal
Keep The Skyscrapers of New York in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 43. Yours can differ.
The glance
Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth are the thin ones.
Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
Consider this
The Immigrant
55 instead of 43
The Immigrant is still a drama film, and it scores 55 instead of 43. What you gain is household: A sister is the reason she submits to things she would not choose.
The eight
- 8Industry
The men are at a real building job, high above the street.
- 1Household
No parent, child, or marriage has any part in it.
- 3Piety
The quarrel starts on the girders with no one shown stopping.
- 7Courage
Work at that height is a risk they would feel if it failed.
- 4Republic
A crew above a city street owes the job more than a fight.
- 3Temperance
Height was the thrill they sold, then a quarrel for more.
- 3Truth
No lie is tested, and the quarrel's end is not on the reel.
- 5Stewardship
They are raising a building, which is more than the thrill.
Where to watch
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