Astor Place

Astor Place

“Passersby at Astor Place in New York City speak silent volumes as they move by the mirrored surface of a diner window. I wanted to capture the unscripted choreography of the street, its dance of gazes and riddle of identities. This film is informed by the work of the Lumiere brothers, with an eye to permeating an authority of the static camera and establishing a question as to who is watching whom.” (Eve Heller)

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Eve Heller
Format: Digital File
Color: B/W
Production Country: USA
Production Year: 1997
Duration: 10΄
Contact: sixpackfilm

Concept & Realization: Eve Heller

Eve Heller

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts USA, Eve Heller began studying filmmaking when she was 17, attending the S.U.N.Y. Department of Media Studies at Buffalo and New York University. She received her BA in German Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies from Hunter College in 1987 and an MFA in filmmaking from Bard College in 1993. Her award-winning work has been widely shown, both in the U.S. and internationally, at such venues as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Collective for Living Cinema, the New York Film Festival, Pacific Film Archives, Cinematheque Ontario, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Louvre, the Viennale and the Austrian Filmmuseum in Vienna. Eve teaches workshops throughout the world on analog filmmaking and works as a German/English translator specializing in texts about cinema. She currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria, and Hyde Park, New York.

Filmography

1978–2010 One (short)
1981–2010 Self-Examination Remote Control (short)
1982–2010 Juice (short)
1996 Last Lost (short)
1997 Astor Place (short)
2001 Her Glacial Speed (short)
2004 Behind This Soft Eclipse (short)
2005 Ruby Skin (short)
2013 Creme 21 (short)
2021 Singing in Oblivion (short)