“The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra” (1928)

The very Mulholland Dr.-ish short by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich. The “Gregg” who did the camerawork was Toland.

It’s amazing how quickly the industry began loathing itself…

“Manhatta” (1921)

One of the earliest “symphony of a city” movies, it’s a gorgeous 11-minute short by Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler (with an assist from Walt Whitman). I’d trade most entire movies for the two shots beginning at 9:59.