The Gods of Times Square

This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

The Film Desk is a theatrical and disc distributor founded in 2007 by Jake Perlin, dedicated to releasing masterpieces of international cinema, with a focus on titles never before released in the United States, or long out of circulation, primarily in new 35mm prints.

Shot on video over six years in the mid-1990s by legendary photographer Richard Sandler, The Gods of Times Square is a portrait of the "Crossroads of the World” at the end of the millennium, told through the words of its denizens, particularly the various street preachers that populated every corner.  Now over twenty five years since its transformation to the unrecognizable, the Times Square known for generations only exists in memory and dreams, one of many treasured, vanquished New York demimondes. The Gods of Times Square is now available in an extended version through the auspices of Josh Safdie, Elara Pictures and The Film Desk.

directed by: Richard Sandler
starring: various
1999 / 115 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

• 2-Disc Region A Blu-ray
• Six films by Richard Sandler:
  • Through the Looking Glass - (1999, 45 mins)
  • the gods of times squareD - (2004, 50 minutes)
  • Brave New York - (2004, 60 minutes)
  • Everybody is Hurting - (2006, 53 minutes)
  • SWAY - (2006, 35 minutes)
  • Subway to the Former East Village - (2007, 33 minutes)
• The Eyes of the City: Richard Sandler in conversation with Joseph A. Berger (The Deuce) and Jed Rapfogel (Anthology Film Archives), a new video illustrated with Sandler’s still photographs (2025, 60 minutes)
• The Gods of Times Square - the original StoryCorps audio episode, produced in 1994 by Richard Sandler and Dave Isay.
• English SDH subtitles