Filmmaker Mark Cersosimo was walking by Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, NYC, when he stumbled upon a shop filled with antiques and curiosities, with a friendly man sitting outside.

Turns out, the space wasn’t a shop at all, but a home belonging to a man named Anthony Pisano (profiled in The Times here), who for the last 30 years has collected odds and ends and opened his collection to the public. This is Cersosimo’s mini-documentary about Pisano (although out of respect for his privacy, they never mention his name), This Is My Home.

The trailer features beautifully shot footage and a touching, often funny interview with Pisano, who says he leaves his door open so he can connect with people (“They bring life to me,” he says). In 30 years, not one person has stolen a thing. He occasionally gives items away if he feels someone deserves it.

Pisano says he doesn’t “own” any of the stuff — “I’m like the overseer.” He says the only thing he wouldn’t want to lose is his cat. As an astute Vimeo commenter pointed out, he’s basically WALL-E.

See more footage at Departure/Arrival films.

(via Reddit)

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