The Cinematic City

3llustrated throughout with movie stills, a diverse selection of films, genres, cities and historical periods are examined by leading names in the field to offer an innovative insight into the interconnection of city and screenscapes.

List of contents

List of Plates, List of Contributors, Introduction: Previewing the Cinematic City, 1. Chinese Boxes and Russian Dolls: Tracking the Elusive Cinematic City, 2. City Views: The Voyage of Film Images, 3. Of Plans and Planners: Documentary Film and the Challenge of the Urban Future, 1935-52, 4. Something More than Night: Tales of the Noir City, 5. Urban Confidential: The Lurid City of the 1950s, 6. Cinécities in the Sixties, 7. From Ramble City to the Screening of the Eye: Blade Runner, Death and Symbolic Exchange, 8. 'The People in Parentheses': Space Under Pressure in the Postmodern City, 9. Mainly in Cities and at Night: Some Notes on Cities and Film, 10. Piecing Together What Remains of the Cinematic City, 11. Maps, Movies, Musics and Memory, Index

About the author

David Clarke is a Lecturer in Geography at the University of Leeds.

Summary

3llustrated throughout with movie stills, a diverse selection of films, genres, cities and historical periods are examined by leading names in the field to offer an innovative insight into the interconnection of city and screenscapes.

Product details

• Assisted by: David Clarke (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.1997
• EAN: 9780415127455
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12745-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Weight: 640 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Cultural Studies, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Humanities, Human Geography