A City Grows: The Skyscraper
1977 ยท 10m ยท Documentary
The film is a documentary on the construction of a skyscraper, narrated by the project's architect, crane operator, and various specialists. It details the process from planning to completion, emphasizing the efficient use of limited urban space by building upward. Key phases include laying deep foundations, constructing a massive steel frame, and installing interior and exterior elements. The building, featuring high-speed elevators, escalators, stores, and restaurants, functions as a self-contained urban hub. The project, culminating in a "topping out" ceremony, symbolizes the collaborative effort of hundreds over two years, resulting in an 82-story building that significantly contributes to city life.
More Like This
Skyscraper Live
2026 ยท โ 7.6
No ropes. No fear. Free solo legend Alex Honnold risks it all in a high-stakes, live ascent of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers in Taipei, Taiwan.
More info โ
Skyscrapers and Brassieres
1963 ยท โ 4.4
As a architectural expert discusses how design and function is of the essence in his craft Russ sees in his mind a a woman getting fitted for a bra using all the same design factors as building a skyscraper.
More info โ
Look at Life: Eating High
1966
An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower.
More info โ
Men at Lunch
2013 ยท โ 6.5
This remarkable new documentary explores the story behind one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century: the 1932 photograph of workmen taking their lunch while perched on a girder high above New York City.
More info โ
Twenty-Four Dollar Island
1927 ยท โ 6.3
A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
More info โ
Spoiled Children
1977 ยท โ 6.2
Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for his next film. Bernard moves into an apartment building whose tenants are in the midst of a revolt against their abusive landlord. Reluctant at first, he joins their cause and then becomes involved in an affair with young, unemployed resident Anne.
More info โ
Entrapment
1999 ยท โ 6.2
Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.
More info โ
Protest
1967 ยท โ 6
A man cannot bear the superficiality of human relationships, and when his best friend lets him down, he commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper.
More info โ
September 11
2002 ยท โ 6.4
Eleven directors from eleven countries each contribute an eleven-minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001: A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students what's happened; city kids in Burkina Faso think they've spotted Osama bin Laden; a deaf Frenchwoman in Manhattan writes a Dear John letter to a man who left that morning for work at the World Trade Center; a Chilean remembers Allende; events recall other deaths; a mother endures more than her son's death. Tones vary, as do the locales. Most concern coming to terms with the events of the day, but at least one confronts the viewer with tragedy and death.
More info โ
Mission: Impossible II
2000 ยท โ 6.1
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
More info โ
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 ยท โ 6.5
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
More info โ