Manhattan by numbers

George Murphy, an unemployed journalist, has 24 hours to pay his overdue rent. "For me, these films [from the trilogy on Manhattan – Ed.] are no different from what I was doing in Iran; they are a continuation. Manhattan by Numbers is chiefly a film about New York, with a minimalist story, halfway between documentary and docudrama. I have filmed fire, the desert, stones – in short, the elements. And New York is also elementary. It's like a huge desert, but with concrete, iron and a figure in the middle of all that." Amir Naderi, Les Cahiers du cinéma, October 2016

Où en êtes-vous, Amir Naderi? (Where are you now, Amir Naderi?) 2018, first screening, 10’, followed by Amir Naderi's Manhattan by Numbers,1993, 88’