Meditation on Violence
Experimental filmmaker Maya Deren used the Cloisters' ramparts and its view of the Palisades as a backdrop.
The Cloisters ramparts, Fort Tryon Park
Wikipedia notes that in 1948 director Maya Deren used the Cloisters’ ramparts as a backdrop for her experimental short Meditation on Violence. It is a brief, arty entry but one of the earliest documented film uses of the Fort Tryon site.