Earlier today, Audrey Kupferberg, the film and video archivist who regularly comments about movies on WAMC, shared her thoughts about Odds Against Tomorrow, the 1959 film noir shot in New York City and Hudson: "Hudson Valley filmmaking sometimes produces classic cinema." What Kupferberg has to say about the movie is, in my opinion, well worth the five minutes it takes to listen. (And, yes, that's Promenade Hill in the screen capture from the film below--before Urban Renewal.)
More like urban destruction than renewal, quite
ReplyDeletea loss to tear down that house. Whoever voted for that should have been locked up.
Thank you for posting this. Really interesting backround information by Audrey Kupferberg.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how much that house would be worth today??? I believe that house may have been the last one torn down during urban renewal.
ReplyDeleteFor as beautiful as Hudson is from within its borders, our waterfront is an embarrassment. Sure, we have a small park and a Promenade with will hopefully be finished soon, but to see Hudson from the river... ugh... a dusty gravel dump, a poorly maintained housing complex, and a private boat club for people who mostly live outside the city.
ReplyDeleteA viewing of "Odds Against Tomorrow" will show the waterfront as it used to be - with gas tanks which were owned by a Russian Company which went bankrupt (where Riverfront Park now is) and on Power Avenue the old village of very early houses which used to stand on the south side of the road where the company Have stands. Also the 600 block, the DMV, the Berkshire Bank and if I remember correctly, the 7th Street Park. A very good movie with Harry Belafonte, who used to stay in Chatham.
ReplyDeleteHe had a farm in Chatham called Day-O Farm.
DeleteIf anyone wants to see them, the full set of the lobby by cards for the movie are hanging in the reception area of my office building at 541 Warren Street.
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