Past event
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE
About the event
“Wilson’s debut feature THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE shows the expert essayist as sneakily profound as ever, contemplating life and art and piecing together meaning from the fragments.” —Nicolas Rapold, Sight & Sound “I doubt any movie, especially not any documentary, will make me laugh harder this year, and many of its emotional grace notes land fully. Even with my high expectations, THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE is a small triumph.” —David Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter. After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to tell this seemingly drab…
