Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 (Documentary)

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Director: Wim Wenders
Cinematographer: Lisa Rinzler
Editor: Jon Neuburger

Wim Wenders’s evocative diary film finds him working with his Hammett producer Francis Ford Coppola in New York, capturing a filmmaker reflecting on the Hollywood process.

An account of his time working on his first American feature, Hammett, Wim Wenders’s 1982 docu-diary reflects on his time in New York: wandering the streets, taking the subway and negotiating with Francis Ford Coppola in the editing suite. Both an invaluable time capsule of the city and an exploration of the differences in filmmaking processes between Europe and the United States, Reverse Angle: New York, March 1982 is a fascinating glimpse into the documentary approach Wenders would develop across his subsequent features.