Cinematic CityPaperback
Cinematic CityPaperback The Cinematic City offers an innovative and thought-provoking insight into cityscape and screenscape and their inter-connection. The key dimensions of film and urban theory…
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Cinematic CityPaperback
The Cinematic City offers an innovative and thought-provoking insight into cityscape and screenscape and their inter-connection. 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. 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.
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