Characters on the Couch
Film & Television Blog
by Dr. Sandra Cohen
LEO HURWITZ
HERE AT THE WATER’S EDGE 1961
Seeing What Needs To Be Seen
Leo Hurwitz’s film, Here At The Water’s Edge (Watch Film), features the 1960 New York City’s waterfront. Made with photographer Charles Pratt, the film is a cinematic poem to the people who work on the water. Pratt, who largely financed the film, made it possible for Leo to use his vision as an artist and…
LEO HURWITZ’S
THE MUSEUM AND THE FURY 1956
Remember The Dangers Of Fascism
Let’s remember the threats of fascism. Forgetting is a very dangerous thing. And, Leo Hurwitz’s film, The Museum and The Fury 1956, shows us why. Yet we do forget when we don’t want to see what exists on our own soil. Leo’s 1948 film Strange Victory details the seeds for fascism in America: racism, antisemitism, and…
LEO HURWITZ’S
THE YOUNG FIGHTER
How the Film Inspired
The Rise of Cinéma Vérité
This Piece on The Young Fighter Written By Manfred Kirchheimer. Edits By Tom Hurwitz The first tape recorders were stolen from the Nazis. Enter John T. Mullin and Bing Crosby. Just after the Allies’ victory in Europe, Mullin was investigating a rumored secret German radio-wave ray for the US Army. He came up dry on…
