Castro Street (film)

Castro Street (1966) is a visual nonstory documentary film directed by Bruce Baillie.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Castro District, San Francisco.
Castro Street
Directed byBruce Baillie
Produced byBruce Baillie
Release date
1966
Running time
10 min.
CountryUnited States

Summary

Inspired by Satie,[3] the film uses the sounds and sights of a city street—in this case, Castro Street near the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond, California, complete with diesel trains and gas plants[4]—to convey the street's own mood and feel as there is no dialogue in this non-narrative experimental film.

Legacy

In 1992, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[5] The Academy Film Archive preserved Castro Street in 2000.[6]

  • Castro Street essay by Scott MacDonald on the National Film Registry website.
  • Castro Street essayby Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 616-617
  • Castro Street at IMDb
  • Castro Street at the Library of Congress
  • Castro Street on Letterboxd

See also

References
  1. "The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960-1973-Walker Art Center on YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  2. "The Renegades: American Avant-Garde Film, 1960–1973". walkerart.org. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  3. "Castro Street". Retrieved Apr 11, 2020 – via mubi.com.
  4. "The Films of Bruce Baillie - by Michael E. Grost". mikegrost.com. Retrieved Apr 11, 2020.
  5. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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