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Each episode is made up of bits of footage shot and then narrated by filmmaker John Wilson.

Most of the scenes, though, are tiny, anonymous snippets of life, arranged by theme.
Theyre all shot by Wilson and then cut together to accompany Wilsons narration.
Hey, New York, he begins the first episode.
The kind of person who would noticeand recordall of these things.
Watching him tie it all together is painful and breathtaking andsofunny.