A video about the Bryant Park movie night dash set to a song

Unemployment has begotten another video. This one is about Manhattanites' unique skill of creating a grid of blankets on a small swath of grass even when under serious time pressure. Enjoy.

that's what people do to get a spot? That's crazy!

Is all that craziness just to get a good spot to sit and watch a movie?

Shiiit , better be rated "R".

Likey the song.

No Kidding. I've grown to like this part more than the movies, which bear in mind don't begin for 4 hours after that dash. I could do another song about the high quality of the picnicking that goes on in those 4 hours. It ain't no joke.

People really sit there for four hours waiting for the movie to start? I don't get it. Doesn't everyone have Netflix?

It's important to emphasize the thoroughness of the planning that goes into this for people. Some of the picnics are at the forefront of picnic technology. Though when I went to see Annie Hall a couple weeks ago, the girl that got the space in front of me didn't have a blanket and was trying to save space for her and 3 friends so she just laid on the grass trying to take up as much space as possible until they arrived.

NY Times article:

HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

The Bryant Park summer film screenings, which begin every Monday around sundown, are a fairly new tradition, yet organizers have had to find strategies to handle the crowds.

As Dan Levin explained in The Times on Sunday, the Bryant Park lawn is closed on Mondays until 5 p.m. — a good four hours before the start of the movie. Each Monday, a crowd forms around the perimeter of the park. At 5 p.m., the words “Enjoy the show!” boom from electronic speakers, and a screaming, laughing swarm of people descends on the lawn to claim a spot, hastily laying blankets and towels out on the grass.

The lawn can accommodate about 6,000 people laying on blankets, according to Daniel A. Biederman, executive director of the Bryant Park Corporation. Mr. Biederman said that an employee of the organization urges people to walk — not run — when the lawn is opened as 5 p.m. Mr. Biederman conceded that getting people not to make a dash is all but impossible.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/life-on-the-line-requires-time-and-patience/

P.S. Great song and video, by the way!