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- 1 2 Farber, Manny (1998). Negative space: Manny Farber on the movies. Da Capo Press. pp. 45–46. ISBN 978-0-306-80829-6. This book is a collection of Farber's reviews; the original review appeared in The Nation .
- 1 2 3 Arden, Roy (2002). "Useless Reportage - Notes on Helen Levitt's In the Street" (PDF). Afterall (6). Retrieved 2010-10-09. Arden also notes that In the Street was an influence on Stan Brakhage's and Andy Warhol's filmmaking.
- ↑ From 1939 through 1967, Arthur Kleiner was the musical director for the film department of the New York Museum of Modern Art. He composed and performed piano scores for many silent films; his collection of 700 musical scores for silent films, which includes his own score for In the Street, is now archived at the University of Minnesota. See "Arthur Kleiner Collection". University of Minnesota. December 15, 1998. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ↑ "new music score 2020". Museum of Modern Art, New York City. July 2, 2020. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ↑ Levitt, Helen (1987). In the Street: Chalk Drawings and Messages, New York City, 1938-1948 . Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-0771-5.
- ↑ "Films Added to National Film Registry for 2006" (Press release). The Library of Congress. December 27, 2006. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ↑ In the Street (Videotape). New York: Arthouse. 1996.
- ↑ "International Center of Photography - Store - In the Street". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
