Directed by Marc Grey Production
company Kozak Films Country USA Music by Anthony Mascorro Cinematography Kamil Płocki Director Marc Grey | Edited by Thomas Lindsay Release date 2008 Running time 17 minutes Written by Marc Grey Editor Thomas Lindsay Cast Lupita Nyong'o | |
Starring Lupita Nyong'o
Tommaso Spinelli | ||
East River is a 2008 short film written and directed by Marc Grey, notable for being the onscreen debut of future Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o.
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Dolphin in east river filmed via canoe
Plot
This short film, which has no dialogue, follows a wanderer (played by Tommaso Spinelli), newly arrived in New York City, as he walks and cycles around Brooklyn. He eventually meets a photographer (played by Lupita Nyong'o) in Red Hook with whom he appears to start a relationship. The director, Marc Grey, describes the file as being "about the relationship between physical and emotional space."
Reception
Writing for Film School Rejects, critic Christopher Campbell described confusion around the romance as "more mystifying than frustrating" and went on to say "the plot is not as important as the semi city symphony that arises out of the man’s wandering." The Huffington Post described the film as being "rife with sunshine-drenched shots of Brooklyn bike-riding and gray-skied self-reflection."