El Atlantis

Name: El Atlantis
Director: Frank Kuenstler
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1973-01-01

1973 · 21 min · Documentary

This experimental short by New York poet Frank Kuenstler features footage shot in the 1950s of the now-vanished Third Avenue El, set to a soundtrack of Kuenstler playing a toy piano.

Directed by Frank Kuenstler

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