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(More customer reviews)Alright Philadelphia has Fairmont Park which has a lot more in common with Central Park than with Rittenhouse Square Park. The film-directors deserve applause for showing a year in the life of a park but not just any park. If you read and study Philadelphia history like myself, Rittehouse Square Park has never been just a park but has a piece of history, culture, and society all there. There is music because on one corner is the Curtis Music Institute and there is a twelve year old girl on the cover of this DVD who plays the violin brilliantly beyond her years in the park for fun. There are the regulars like Stanley Green, the five time married man who wears his derby, and dies a few days after his interview after a fifth bypass. There are the couples who meet and fall in love. The locals who bring their lunch to the park or meet each other there. In the life of the park, there is a vitality in Rittenhouse Square not often seen in most parks. One person spoke of it as her beach during the summer. If you look at it, it's not a big park. there is no zoo or swimming pool but a fountain. There are benches which don't sit across directly from each other. There are the greens and trees in the middle of urban Philadelphia. Before they built the skyscraper apartment buildings and hotels around the square, there were mansions and residents like John Wanamaker and the ghosts of Philadelphia's past residents who probably still visit the square but that's not what this DVD is about. It's about a tribute to a park and a way of life. Rittenhouse Square reminds me of those parks in London and Paris where urban residents can retreat into the park for a just a moment from their busy lives. Rittenhouse Square is not exclusive for the city's residents but visitors and tourists as well. Friends and lovers meet in the park. Also the size of the park is small enough not to miss your friends, relatives, or make new friends too. You can enjoy listening to beautiful music, play chess, read a book, eat your lunch, listen to your ipods, or observe human nature. Whether it's just a stroll in the park, Rittenhouse Square is welcome to all those who appreciate and love it. It's also a place known to watch the birds and it's not actual birds but ladies or women in their fall or spring fashions and hairstyles.
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Rittenhouse Square is an impressionistic, music-filled documentary about a small Philadelphia park - the spot where people go to meet friends, find romance, muse about life and enjoy the beauty of nature and the opposite sex. An inspired soundtrack including live musical performances (opera, bluegrass, jazz, classical and ethnic) punctuate the life stories of people who have found sanctuary in the heart of a thriving city. Director Robert Downey has crafted a work that's humorous, exhilarating and moving. His interviews yield delightful results and make this a fine tribute to urban spaces. What begins as a year in the life of an American park, soon becomes a reflection on the human condition and seasons of life which transcend this small urban oasis.
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