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Cinematic urbanism : a history of the modern from reel to real / Nezar Al Sayyad New York : London: Routledge, 2006.
Call No: 756.1-25 SAYAuthor: Sayyad, Nezar Al Source: UK/USPlace: New York : LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2006PhysDes: xiii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject: MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; ART AND THE CINEMA ; CITIES IN FILMS ; HISTORY OF CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; ANNIE HALL (US, Woody Allen, 1977) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; END OF VIOLENCE, THE (US/FR, Wim Wenders, 1997) ; FALLING DOWN (US, Joel Schumacher, 1993) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MANHATTAN (US, Wody Allan, 1979) ; METROPOLIS (GG, Fritz Lang, 1927) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; MODERN TIMES (US, Charles Chaplin, 1936) ; MON ONCLE (FR/IT, Jacques Tati, 1958) ; MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (UK, Stephen Frears, 1985) ; PLAYTIME (FR, Jacques Tati, 1967) ; PLEASANTVILLE (US, Gary Ross, 1998) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) ; SLIVER (US, Phillip Noyce, 1993) ; TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) ; TRUMAN SHOW, THE (US, Peter Weir, 1998) Summary: "Cinematic Urbanism presents an urban history of modernity and postmodernity through the lens of cinema while arguing that urbanism cannot be understood outside the space of the celluloid city." "Nezar AlSayyad traces the dissolution of the boundary between real and reel through time and space via a series of films that represent different modernities. He contrasts the 'rational' European city of early twentieth-century industrial modernity as portrayed by Berlin: Symphony of a Big City (1927) with its American counterpart in Modern Times (1936). He illustrates the different forms of small town life and an urbanizing modernity across the Atlantic as exemplified by Cinema Paradiso (1989) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Using Metropolis (1927) and Brazil (1985), he shows how utopian ideals harbour within them their dystopian realities, while Jacques Tati's nostalgia for tradition in Mon Oncle (1958) and Playtime (1967) reveals a cynical modernity and a rebelling against its idealism." "AlSayyad argues that the postmodern city of Blade Runner (1982) and Falling Down (1993) illustrates some of the urban outcomes of a globalizing economy.
Turning to spectacle and surveillance, he examines Rear Window (1954), Sliver (1993), and The End of Violence (1997) as a voyeuristic modernity. To understand the city experienced by individuals of different social backgrounds, he takes Manhattan (1979), Annie Hall (1977), and Taxi Driver (1976), while Do the Right Thing (1989) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) are used to explore a modernity of race and ethnicity. Finally, he uses Pleasantville (1998) and The Truman Show (1998) to unpack the hyperreality of exurban postmodernity and to demonstrate how today the real and the reel have become mutually constitutive." "By considering how the real city and the reel city reference each other in an act of mutual representation and definition, this book advances the discussion on cinematic space and theories of the city."--BOOK BLURB.Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415700493Contents: -- about the author -- preface -- Introduction : the cinematic city and the quest for the modern -- 1. Industrial modernity : the flaneur and the tramp in the early twentieth century city -- 2. Urbanizing modernity : the traditional cinematic small town -- 3. Orwellian modernity : utopia/dystopia and the city of the future past -- 4. Cynical modernity, or the modernity of cynicism -- 5. From postmodern condition to cinematic city -- 6. Voyeuristic modernity : the lens, the screen and the city -- 7. The modernity of the sophisticate and the misfit : the city through different eyes -- 8. An alternative modernity : race, ethnicity and the urban experience -- 9. Exurban postmodernity : utopia, simulacra and hyper-reality -- epilogue -- illustration credits and sources -- selected bibliography -- index --
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Cities in film : architecture, urban space and the moving image : an international interdisciplinary conference, university of Liverpool, 26-28th March 2008 / edited by Julia Hallman (... et al.) Liverpool, UK: School of Architecture. the University of Liverpool, 2008.
Call No: 161CIT [72]CorpAuthor: University of LiverpoolPlace: Liverpool, UKPublisher: School of Architecture. the University of LiverpoolPubDate: 2008PhysDes: 283 p. : ill., ports ; 25 cmSubject: AESTHETICS ; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; CONFERENCES. UK. ; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. UK Summary: 'City in Film' will explore the relationship between film, architecture and the urban landscape drawing on interests in film, architecture, urban studies and civic design, cultural geography, cultural studies and related fields. The conference is part of University of Liverpool's contribution to the European Capital of Culture 2008, and aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogues around architectural and film history and theory, film and urban space, and to point towards new intellectual frameworks for discussion. It seeks to draw on the work of theorists and practitioners engaged in ideas in these areas, examining film in the context of urban design and development and exploring in particular the contested social, cultural and political terrain that underpins these practices. We particularly welcome contributions on non-fiction film, documentaries, actuality and amateur film, the influence of film on urban and architectural design, and the role of film in the construction of virtual environments and spaces of memoryNotes: Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 9780955788413Donation: Deb Verhoeven
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Designing dreams : modern architecture in the movies / Donald Albrecht New York, N.Y.: Published by Harper & Row in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, 1986.
Call No: 61[72] ALBAuthor: Albrecht, Donald CorpAuthor: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New York, N.Y.Publisher: Published by Harper & Row in collaboration with the Museum of Modern ArtPubDate: 1986PhysDes: xx, 203 p. : ill. ; 26 cmSubject: ART DIRECTION ; SET DECORATING ; SET DESIGNING ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; ARCHITECTURE AND THE CINEMA ; FOUNTAINHEAD, THE (US, King Vidor, 1949) ; A NOUS, LA LIBERTE! (FR, Rene Clair, 1931) ; SHALL WE DANCE (US, Mark Sandrich, 1937) ; SWING TIME (US, George Stevens, 1936) ; BLACK CAT, THE (US, Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934) ; VOCE IONTANA, LA (IT, Guido Brigone, 1933) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 191-195; Filmography: p. 179-189ISBN: 0060550201 (hard); 0060961066 (pbk.)LON: 4543437
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Paris Hollywood : writings on film / Peter Wollen London ; New York: Verso, 2002.
Call No: 67(04) WOLAuthor: Wollen, Peter Source: UK/USPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: VersoPubDate: 2002PhysDes: vi, 314 p. ; 21 cmSubject: ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; DIRECTORS ; FILM ; THEORY ; MOVEMENTS IN FILM HISTORY ; MOVEMENTS AND STYLES IN FILM HISTORY ; BURROUGHS, WILLIAM ; EGGELING, VIKING ; GODARD, JEAN-LUC ; HAWKS, HOWARD ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; ROUCH, JEAN ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; BLADE RUNNER: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; FREUD (US, John Huston, 1962) ; RULES OF THE GAME, THE (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939) ; REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939) Summary: "In this new collection of essays on the cinema, all written over the last ten years, Peter Wollen explores an extraordinarily wide range of topics, stretching from an analysis of time in film and video art to a study of Riff-Raff Realism in British film. Provocative essays discuss the work both of established auteur directors such as Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock as well as the filmmaking careers of such experimental moviemakers as William Burroughs and Viking Eggeling, the dadaist pioneer of abstract film. The collection also includes fascinating studies of a number of film classics, such as John Huston's Freud, Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.".
"Paris Hollywood suggests new approaches to thinking about film and many unexpected connections between film studies and the history of such strangely related activities as espionage, psychoanalysis, dance, architecture, anthropology, Stalinism, love of speed and digital technology. Wollen's book is based on the premise that there are no fixed ways of writing about the cinema but, rather, a plethora of paths leading in very different directions, each contributing to a new understanding of the 20th century's major art form."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Includes filmographyISBN: 1859843913Contents: -- 1: an alphabet of Cinema -- Part 1: directors and filmmakers -- 2: guerilla conditions: the cinema of William Seward Burroughs -- 3: viking eggeling -- 4: who the hell is Howard Hawks? -- 5: hitch: a tale of two cities (London and Los Angeles) -- 6: JLG -- 7: Jean Rouch -- part 2: films and movements -- 8: Freud as adventurer -- 9: Blade Runner -- 10: spies ansd spivs: an anglo-austrian engagement -- 11: rules of the game -- 12: the last new wave -- 13: riff-raff realism -- 14: architecture and film: places and non-places -- 15: the canon -- 16: time in film and video art -- 17: mismatches (& Acousmetres) -- 18 back to the future -- 19: speed and the cinema -- notes -- film-makers/director index -- filmography -- general index --
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Women and domestic space in contemporary gothic narratives : the house as subject / Andrew Hock Soon Ng New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Call No: 631.2 NGAuthor: Ng, Andrew Hock Soon Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2015PhysDes: xii, 246 pages ; 23 cmSeries: Geocriticism and spatial literary studiesSubject: NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; AESTHETICS ; ARCHITECTURE IN FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; ORPHANAGE, THE (MX/SP, Juan Antonion Bayona, 2007) ; OTHERS, THE (US/SP, Alejandro Amenabar, 2001) Summary: "Andrew Hock Soon Ng focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Discussing contemporary novels by Angela Carter, Valerie martin, Toni Morrison, and Janice Galloway; films such as The Exorcist, Repulsion, The Others, and The Orphanage; and Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking autobiographical work, Fun Home, within a framework of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and spatial and architectural theories, this book reveals the complicated relationship between the house and the female subject." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781137536815Contents: Introduction: the subject of the house in gothic narratives -- Housing treachery. Angela Carter's The magic toyshop and love -- Housing the unspeakable. Valerie Martin's Property and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Housing secret selves. William Friedkin's The exorcist and Roman Polanski's Repulsion -- Housing melancholia. Alejandro Amena´bar's The others and Juan A. Bayona's The orphanage -- Conclusion: housing redemption. Janice Galloway's The trick is to keep breathing and Alison Bechdel's Fun home
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