This week in the magazine, John Seabrook writes about the Revson Fountain at Lincoln Center, which opened in 1964 and was recently renovated by WET Design. In his article (which is available in full text online to subscribers; others can buy access to the issue), Seabrook writes, “over the years the fountain’s powers diminished. In hydraulic terms, it lost ‘head’—vertical thrust—mainly as a result of leaky valves, which is the way fountains, like people, tend to fail. The movies document this sad decline.” Watch this montage, featuring clips from “The Producers” (1968), “Ghostbusters” (1984), “Moonstruck” (1987), and “Sweet Home Alabama” (2002).
The Fountain on Film
