Lost Bohemia (2010)

Biography, Documentary, History

Director: Josef Astor

Writer(s): N/A

Starring: Keith Barber, Jeanne Beauvais, Joel Benjamin, Andrew Bergman, Jean Birnkrant, Bill Cunningham, Norma Del Terzo, Clive Gillinson, Wynn Handman, Paul Jordan, Rosemary Lindt, Lucy, Billy Lyons, Frank Mason, Robert Modica, Christine Neubert, Poet, Rodica Prato, Judson Rosebush, Marian Seldes, Editta Sherman, Don Shirley, Joe Siegler, Star Szarek, John Turturro, Tod Williams

Synopsis: For over a century, Carnegie Hall rented affordable studio apartments atop the famous music hall to artistic tenants such as Marlon Brando, Paddy Chayefsky and Isadora Duncan. As a privileged tenant, director Josef Birdman Astor began to videotape his neighbors whose lives intersected with decades of artistic history, but his project changed when the landlord served everyone with eviction notices for a conversion to offices. Astor chronicles the protracted battle to save the apartments and pays homage to their rich heritage.

Release Date: November 5, 2010 (USA) | Length: 77 min | Genre: Biography, History | MPAA Rating: NR

Note: Premiered at the New York DocFest in 2010.