Terminal Bar (film)

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Terminal Bar
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Directed by Stefan Nadelman
Written by
StarringSheldon Nadelman
Narrated byTom Clifford
Music by
  • Michael Reid
  • Steve Rossiter
  • Dick Zved
Distributed by Cinema16
Release date
2003
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Terminal Bar is an American documentary short film directed by Stefan Nadelman and starring Sheldon Nadelman. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

A collection of Sheldon Nadelman's Terminal Bar photos used in the film was released in book form in 2014 entitled, Terminal Bar: A Photographic Record of New York's Most Notorious Watering Hole. [4] [5]

Premise

The film is a fast-paced, photo-driven documentary of one of the seediest bars in Times Square, the Terminal Bar, as seen through haunting black-and-white photographs taken by bartender Sheldon Nadelman from 1972 to 1982. [6]

Critical reception

DVD Talk wrote "The genius of Stefan's film, however, is that he doesn't merely present these fascinating images. The piece itself is a multimedia kaleidoscope which combines the photos, Sheldon's stories, text from articles about the bar, an excellent soundtrack and Stefan's virtuoso editing and animation. Each image enters the frame in its own unique way. Sometimes photos break apart into their different components, other times multiple photos join together to create a new image. Stefan's camera pans and zooms around Sheldon's frames, searching for truth and detail. Every element (music, image, voice, background bar sounds) joins together to create a heartbreakingly sad, but still energetic and funny, total." [6]

Terminal Bar film series

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References

  1. "25 New Faces of Indie Film 2003". Filmmaker . 2003.
  2. "Terminal Bar; Punch-Drunk Love". New York Press . October 15, 2002.
  3. Dunlap, David W. (November 26, 2014). "A Dive Where Regulars Were Shot Regularly". The New York Times .
  4. Teicher, Jordan G. (November 3, 2014). "A Notorious New York City Dive Bar Seen From the Bartender's Point of View". Slate .
  5. Dunlap, David W. (November 26, 2014). "Pouring Shots and Shooting Portraits in the Old Times Square". The New York Times.
  6. 1 2 "End of the Line: Stefan Nadelman's Terminal Bar". DVD Talk. 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2010-11-30.