Tuesday, November 15, 2022

The Automat on TCM

Lisa Hurwitz’s documentary The Automat (2021) airs on TCM, November 22, in the company of several movies with Automat scenes. The Automat is also now streaming at HBO Max.

The documentary is deep nostalgia, and it makes me feel grateful to have eaten at the Automat, even if only once, even if it was only coffee and a piece of cake or pie, even if the place was wildly depressing — nearly empty, with a few old people sitting alone at tables.

Related reading
All OCA Automat posts (Pinboard)

[The documentary cites the rise of Chock full o’Nuts as one factor in the Automat’s decline and fall.]

comments: 2

Anonymous said...

have a menu

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c85aba30-c546-012f-f819-58d385a7bc34/book#page/1/mode/2up

Michael Leddy said...

Thank you!