The short film/documentary Terminal Bar (2002) directed by Stefan Nadelman follows a ten year period in which the directors father (Sheldon Nadelman) took photos of customers that entered the bar that he owned, Terminal Bar. The Terminal Bar is located on eighth avenue in New York and was named so as it was across the road from the bus terminal.  These photos stretch from the year 1972 to 1982. Each portrait Is numbered and is black and white. The film is narrated by Sheldon Nadelman as he commentates on different situation that are happening behind the scenes of his photos. The way this film is laid out is very interesting as it is mainly made out of still images which move in various way to the beat of the backing track and the narration. Sheldon’s narration is an in depth look into the lives of his customers for this ten year period . From gays to junkies, pimps to prostitutes. Some of his customers were even in the bar everyday until they died which is probably why Sheldon seems to remember so many of them as he saw them so often and heard all of there many stories.  In the end of the film they take a trip to where the Terminal Bar used to be and get some final shots of what is now a video store. In some of the final minutes Sheldon says the reason he took all these photos is because if he didn’t who would? all these memories would be lost into the city.

In order to recreate a film like this it would take a fair amount of time to gather the right amount of photos to fill the allotted time. Not only the photos but the stories behind all of them.