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Documentary captures the mythos of a treasured New York arcade
There’s a certain amount of nostalgia contained within arcades. Their dark interiors lit by bright lights, a cacophony of sound and the steady hum of people talking punctuated by laughter. At their best and worst, arcades are remembered as being sticky, hot spaces where communities came together. These arcades, one in particular, are the topic of the new documentary film The Lost Arcade. The Lost Arcade follows the life and memory of one arcade, a fixture of Manhattan night life known as the Chinatown Fair. The documentary seeks to document and record the evidence of this cultural institution, a dreamlike,…