{{Infobox film | director = William Klein | released = {{Film date|1958}} | runtime = 12 minutes | country = {{Plainlist| * France * United States}} | language = No dialogue }}
'''''Broadway by Light''''' is a 1958 French-American<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? + Broadway By Light|url=https://quadcinema.com/film/who-are-you-polly-maggoo-broadway-by-light/|access-date=2022-09-29|website=Quad Cinema|language=en}}</ref> experimental short film debut by the photographer William Klein.<ref>{{Citation|title=Broadway by Light|url=https://mubi.com/films/broadway-by-light|language=en|access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dialogues & Film Retrospectives: William Klein|url=https://walkerart.org/magazine/http://walkerart.org/magazine/william-klein-2009|access-date=2022-09-29|website=walkerart.org|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Summary == A documentary study of nighttime at Times Square and the bright-lighted advertising of Broadway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/william-klein-daido-moriyama/william-klein-broadway-by-light-who-are-you-polly-0|title=William Klein: Broadway by Light Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? - Tate Modern}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Season of William Klein|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2003/05/06/1238966/the-season-of-william-klein|access-date=2022-09-29}}</ref>
== Production == Klein was encouraged by French New Wave filmmakers Alain Resnais and Chris Marker (the latter responsible for the text at the beginning of the film).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-20|title=FILM: William Klein 'Broadway by Light' 1958|url=https://unitednationsofphotography.com/2014/07/20/film-william-klein-broadway-by-light/|access-date=2022-09-29|website=The United Nations of Photography|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Koresky|first=Michael|title=Eclipse Series 9:The Delirious Fictions of William Klein|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/658-eclipse-series-9-the-delirious-fictions-of-william-klein|access-date=2022-09-29|website=The Criterion Collection|language=en}}</ref>
== Reception and legacy == The film's pop art style contrasts the usually gritty photography of Klein, which were taken during daylight, thus being called the first pop film.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Light and Freedom: William Klein's Pop Politics|url=https://walkerart.org/magazine/http://walkerart.org/magazine/light-and-freedom-william-kleins-pop-politics|access-date=2022-09-29|website=walkerart.org|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lubow|first=Arthur|date=2022-06-02|title=Trying to Contain William Klein in One Show Isn't Easy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/arts/design/william-klein-photography-icp-review.html|access-date=2022-09-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
It earned praise from master auteur Orson Welles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sight & Sound Interview: William Klein|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/sight-sound-interview-william-klein|access-date=2022-09-29|website=British Film Institute|date=24 March 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0219564}}
Category:1958 short documentary films Category:Films directed by William Klein Category:1950s avant-garde and experimental films Category:American short documentary films Category:French short documentary films Category:Films set in New York City Category:Films without speech Category:1958 directorial debut films Category:French avant-garde and experimental films Category:American avant-garde and experimental short films Category:City symphony