Terminal Bar: Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders

December 31, 2014 7:15 PM

Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders, third installment of the amazing Terminal Bar film series. For ten years, Sheldon Nadelman took thousands of black and white photographs while bartending at the Terminal Bar, Times Square's most notorious watering hole of the 1970s. Murray Goldman, the bar's owner since 1957 was Sheldon's father-in-law as well as the filmmaker's grandfather. The Terminal Bar was featured in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver.

Terminal Bar: Pimps and Prostitutes

Terminal Bar : Official 2002 film

posted by Thor's Hammer (11 comments total)

Nice, but I'm a little confused...Sheldon married his aunt? That's a little unusual, IME. (The movie playing in the other tab just said "anything can happen here, and does!" I guess so, huh?)
posted by spacewrench at 8:07 PM on December 31, 2014

Hmmm, don't think Sheldon married his aunt. Glad you dug the film(s) though. Not enough people have seen them. I think they're fantastic. Wish the Terminal Bar was still around.
posted by Thor's Hammer at 8:54 PM on December 31, 2014

I think the way it works is that Sheldon took the pictures. Sheldon's father-in-law owned the bar. Sheldon's son made the movie. I have no idea whether Sheldon had an aunt.
posted by ArbitraryAndCapricious at 4:20 AM on January 1, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is the worst logic problem ever.
posted by Spatch at 6:50 AM on January 1, 2015 [4 favorites]

This is the worst logic problem ever.

I'm pretty sure the bat doesn't cost $1.00.
posted by MikeMc at 6:58 AM on January 1, 2015 [4 favorites]

I love this animated history technique. Blows my mind. Is there a name for this style?
posted by oceanjesse at 8:26 AM on January 1, 2015

Loved the first two and this one is at least as good. Thanks for posting.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 9:11 AM on January 1, 2015

Glad y'all dug it. Love these films.
posted by Thor's Hammer at 11:48 AM on January 1, 2015

These are great. There was some recent coverage of a new book of these photos. NYT. Slate.
posted by Xalf at 6:23 PM on January 1, 2015

Fantastic, Xalf! Thanks for the links.
posted by Thor's Hammer at 10:18 PM on January 1, 2015

Oh wow. Wasn't aware of this one, but loved the other two. Thanks for posting this.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:53 PM on January 2, 2015