This documentary illustrates one of the toughest bars in Manhattan and how the constant change in eccentric customers influenced its owner Sheldon, being the bartender at the time he had collected a vast amount of black and white portraits.
The narrative is refreshed by this continuous exhibition of photos complete with sub stories of gays, drunks, crooks and junkies. Nadelman has used jazz music to give the short an atmosphere of the city, sounds of objects moving inside the bar are heard throughout to add authenticity. The pace of the editing reflects how the bar never really stopped, constantly transforming whether it be a gay bar to accommodate the homosexual afro american regulars or a venue for the destructive Irish individuals.
To keep the viewer focused the editor has chosen to zoom in on certain photos, inspecting the detail which lies within them, I believe this successful as it demands an active audience during the documentary immersing them into Sheldons life at 42nd Street. The narrators voice has a low pitch and sinister tone, he sets the mood of the film while establishing photos are shown, it pans slowly around as though we are being read a comic magazine.
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