themovietheatres,showingusallthearchitecturaldetailsweareordinarily
encouragedtoforgetaswewatchafilm.Sugimotohasmadedozensof
suchphotographsacrossNorthAmericaineverythingfromArtDeco
moviepalacestomodernmultiplexesanddrive-ins.Soontopofthat
technicalmeditationhisphotosalsoofferakindofsociologyofone
country’scinema-going,inallitsparticularity.
ForhisfirstfeaturefilmthedirectorFedericoFellinimadealight-
heartedbutperceptivecommentonstillness,movementandthedepic-
tionofstories.The White Sheikh( 1952 )revolvesaroundthemakingof 13
4HiroshiSugimoto,PlazaNewYork,1977.
Blackandwhitephotograph.