| Description |
ix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Chinese boxes and Russian dolls : tracking the elusive cinematic city / Colin McArthur -- City views : the voyage of film images / Giuliana Bruno -- Of plans and planners : documentary film and the challenge of the urban future, 1935-52 / John R. Gold and Stephen V. Ward -- Something more than night : tales of the noir city / Frank Krutnik -- Urban confidential : the lurid city of the 1950s / Will Straw -- Cinécities in the sixties / Antony Easthope -- From ramble city to the screening of the eye : Blade runner, death and symbolic exchange / Marcus A. Doel and David B. Clarke -- "People in parentheses" : space under pressure in the postmodern city / Elisabeth Mahoney -- Mainly in cities and at night : some notes on cities and film / Rob Lapsley -- Piecing together what remains of the cinematic city / James Hay -- Maps, movies, musics and memory / Iain Chambers |
| Summary |
The city plays a central role in a multitude of films. Cities themselves frequently seem to possess a cinematic quality. Yet the relationship between city and cinema has been neglected in both film and urban studies. How has cinema shaped our view of the city? What is the role of the city in film? The Cinematic City offers an innovative and thought-provoking insight into cityscape and screenscape and their inter-connection. Illustrated throughout with movie stills, a diverse selection of films (from 'Bladerunner' to 'Little Caesar'), genres, cities and historical periods are examined by leading names in the field. The key dimensions of film and urban theory are introduced before detailed analysis of the various cinematic forms which relate most significantly to the city. From early cinema and documentary film, to film noir, 'New Wave' and 'postmodern cinema', the contributors provide a wealth of empirical material and illustration whilst drawing on the theoretical insights of contemporary feminism, Benjamin, Baudrillard, Foucault, Lacan, and others. The Cinematic City shows how the city has been undeniably shaped by the cinematic form, and how cinema owes much of its nature to the historical development of urban space. Engaging with current theoretical debates, this is a book that is set to change the way in which we think about both the nature of the city and film |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Cities and towns in motion pictures.
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City and town life in motion pictures.
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| Author |
Clarke, David B., 1964-
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| LC no. |
96031750 |
| ISBN |
0415127459 (hbk) |
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0415127467 (paperback) |
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