Jay Myself

Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Fri, Oct 25, 2019 1:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Fri, Oct 25, 2019 6:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Oct 26, 2019 2:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sat, Oct 26, 2019 7:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Oct 27, 2019 3:45 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Sun, Oct 27, 2019 6:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Mon, Oct 28, 2019 9:15 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Tue, Oct 29, 2019 3:45 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Tue, Oct 29, 2019 9:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, Oct 30, 2019 4:00 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Wed, Oct 30, 2019 9:30 PM
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Thu, Oct 31, 2019 1:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:79 min
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:USA
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Stephen Wilkes

Description

"Art is trying to make others see what you see." For over 50 years, renowned New York photographer Jay Maisel lived in what became known as “The Bank,” a six-story, 36-000-square-foot building—and one-time bank—in Manhattan that he transformed into a living museum of things. He collected a monumental array of seemingly useless objects in the ultimate embodiment of “one man's trash is another man’s treasure.” Unable to afford the maintenance costs, Maisel sold the building in 2015 in the largest private real estate transaction in New York City history, but for five decades he created something extraordinary, commemorated here in this heartfelt tour through “The Bank” and the life of a one-of-a-kind artist.

Additional Information

“An artist illuminating the beauty of every scrap of the world.” – Variety

"A tribute not only to Maisel, but to an older, more whimsical New York" –  Hyperallergic