There must have been millions of subjects for Edison's filmmakers to point there cameras at back in 1903 so why on earth they thought that the collection and disposal of New York City's rubbish would prove a suitable subject to present to their dwindling audiences is a mystery. Add to this the fact that the camera has been positioned about a dozen feet from the men and you're left with a film that's as dull as it is unmemorable.
Edwin S. Porter
Director
Public Speaking70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sherman's March67%
McQueen74%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Trainwreck: The Real Project X59%
Report61%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
21 Up74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Extremis69%
Night Will Fall76%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Directed by John Ford70%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Above Majestic73%
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 573%