The Resurrection of a Downtown Legend: How No Picnic Captured the Soul of a Vanishing New York
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In the pantheon of New York independent cinema, few films have experienced a trajectory as improbable as Phil Hartman’s 1986 feature, No Picnic. A gritty, noir-inflected punk comedy shot on lustrous 16mm, the film serves as a visceral, ethnographic time…
The Resurrection of a Downtown Legend: How No Picnic Captured the Soul of a Vanishing New York
In the pantheon of New York City independent cinema, few films have experienced a trajectory as improbable or as revelatory as Phil Hartman’s 1986 feature, No Picnic. A gritty, noir-inflected “shaggy-dog” comedy, the film serves as a kinetic,…
