by bill8106
Last night on TCM, I caught the Rod Steiger movie "The Pawnbroker", from 1965. The setting is Park Avenue in Harlem, and there are at least three shots of NYC MUs running at speed along the viaduct.
Between finding it hard to keep my eyes open (the movie started at 10:00 pm) and the briefness off the scenes, I couldn't tell exactly what series MUs they were, but they looked like the 4500s. The movie is also b&w, which made it a little fuzzy to make out details.
The scenes with the trains were used to dramatize a tense moment in the film...the build up of the rumble from the oncoming train, the swoosh as they roar by...exellent cinematography....and great snippets of the NYC.
And the movie (via Sidney Lumet) is very good too, about a concentration camp survivor dealing with his past horrors and his changing neighborhood. Steiger was nominated for an Oscar.
Between finding it hard to keep my eyes open (the movie started at 10:00 pm) and the briefness off the scenes, I couldn't tell exactly what series MUs they were, but they looked like the 4500s. The movie is also b&w, which made it a little fuzzy to make out details.
The scenes with the trains were used to dramatize a tense moment in the film...the build up of the rumble from the oncoming train, the swoosh as they roar by...exellent cinematography....and great snippets of the NYC.
And the movie (via Sidney Lumet) is very good too, about a concentration camp survivor dealing with his past horrors and his changing neighborhood. Steiger was nominated for an Oscar.
