Synopsis
1950s documentary in the neorealist style. Film reminiscent of Vittorio De Sica’s Umberto D. Old man is evicted from his apartment, tired and alone, visits the various public services in St. Louis available to him.
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Details
- Running time
- 7 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0250_Long_Way_Home_The_21_43_44_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · See Ya! · Spuzz · 2017-06-05
More fun and frolic from the United Fund people in St Louis. This time a widowed man moves out of his place to a home sponsored by the United Fund. But before he can do that, he has to visit almost every imporvershed and disadvantaged person living in the area. We see Old people, crippled people, young people, and deaf children trying to speak (when they do, they sound like Bjork). The film ends when the man reaches The home, but you're left feeling BAD for the old codger in a way that I'm not too sure the filmmakers intended. It's a bit hard to explain, but the feeling I got after the end of…