Eight years in the making, the film premiered in 1958 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. An 18-minute montage depicting a day in the life of the city, it reveals the influence of modern art on the painter-turned filmmaker. Francis Thompson created a variety of reflecting devices to split, fragment, distort and repeat the images he captured for the film. N.Y., N.Y. was originally produced in 16mm Kodachrome. The film was funded, produced, directed and photographed by Thompson, with a score by Gene Forrell. The print screened is from a 35mm negative made directly from the original in 1958. (MoMA Circulating Film Library Catalog)