The Struggle of Living in NYC

The city that made a man out of me.

0:00 Every American should live in NYC for one year
0:42 Expectations vs reality of living in New York City
5:04 The best times to be in New York
6:14 Working myself to the bone
6:58 Visiting vs living in NYC
7:59 A strange power
9:51 Support for The Spirited Man
10:13 How NYC changes
11:58 How NYC changes you
13:44 Is New York the greatest city in the world?

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The Spirited Man is an unlimited series about the spirited man or woman who lives inside all of us (and fixing things).

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A pioneer in digital filmmaking, Van Neistat made his first internet video, The Holland Tunnel, in 2000. He went on to collaborate with New York City artist Tom Sachs, directing a series of short films shown at the Guggenheim Museum in Berlin. Van has since directed dozens more films for the Tom Sachs Studio. In 2010 HBO aired The Neistat Brothers, an 8-episode series of short videos made entirely by Van and his brother Casey Neistat. Van Neistat’s directorial debut feature, A SPACE PROGRAM, co-written by Tom Sachs, premiered at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival and opened in theaters nation-wide in spring, 2016. In 2018 Neistat Directed the short film Paradox Bullets, co-written with Tom Sachs, narrated by Werner Herzog, and starring Ed Rushca. Neistat has written and directed commercial projects for Nike, Hurley, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, J. Crew, Twitter, Sleepy Jones and Frances Valentine. His work has been exhibited in museums throughout the world. He lives in Topanga, California.

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