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Documentaries • Documentary, Short Films, UR

The swirling neon frenzy of Piccadilly Circus has never been better captured than in this innovative short, which presents the London landmark as a bewildering collage of image and sound.

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Piccadilly Circus, 1950s, News theatres, Night, Eros (statue), Queues, Human signs, Jonathan Miller (1934-)
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Claude Goretta director
Alain Tanner director

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