The best things always seem to happen when you take a chance.I think about going somewhere and see if it works out, the lights change in time and I get there.
I remember when I saw this movie, I had just come out of work and was walking down the street past the cinema, so decided to check out the listings.
There happened to be a documentary festival on and the title sounded interesting and starting in about 10 minutes. Had to buy a ticket!
So glad I saw 'Diary of a Times Square Thief' that day. Wish I could find it on DVD.
The plot tracks the filmmaker as he tries to track the unknown author of a old diary.
He finds clues in this battered exercise book full of clippings and ramblings of a man who arrives in New York and starts working on the front desk at an old residential hotel.
His journal chronicles his dreams and eventual self-destruction with the help of some serious vices.
By interviewing those mentioned in the pages, visiting the rundown establishment and its long-term residents, the filmmaker pieces together who this man was through his interaction with others and a hazy picture starts to emerge. But will we find out his true identity and what became of him?It makes you think about the impressions you leave on others. When we all meet hundreds of people in our lifetime, are there many acquaintances we really remember?
It's sad and a sobering watch, so want to see it again!
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