Rhythm Thief

Rhythm Thief (1994)

Simon is a street retailer, his shop a corner on the lower east side in New York, his stock bootleg cassette tapes, the ambience provided via boombox. He scrounges food from restaurants, exists on vodka and peanut butter, sleeps on the floor, and cares for an unloved cat. Marty, who may be an old girlfriend, visits. Down and out in New York.

Date of release
1994-09-09
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Drama
Director
Matthew Harrison

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Special Jury Recognition for Directing

Rhythm Thief is a 1994 independent drama film directed by Matthew Harrison. The standard 16mm black-and-white feature was made for US$11,000 and was awarded a Special Jury Recognition for Directing at the Sundance Film Festival. It was given a limited theatrical release in the US and Europe on November 15, 1995. In 2008, Rhythm Thief was released on DVD by Kino Lorber.

Production

Of the genesis for Rhythm Thief, Matthew Harrison said he "had a two page idea that I wrote quickly. I didn't want to get caught up in the development process. I had the actor I wanted—Jason Andrews—and a building to shoot in." Based on his idea, Harrison and Christopher Grimm collaborated on a screenplay.

In June 1993 Harrison and producer Jonathan Starch raised $11,000 to film on an 11-day schedule. Shooting commenced on June 7, 1993, based out of 124 Ridge Street Gallery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Said Harrison, "I just wanted the DP, his assistant, the sound recordist, and the boom person. Starch, the producer, was also the script supervisor, the production manager, and the assistant director, all in one.

Most of the film was filmed downtown near Delancey Street in a neighborhood Harrison described as "more of a nightmare than the film shows". The filming activity raised the attentions of local police, but Harrison said the police ignored the necessary permits when they found out the crew was only shooting a movie.

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