Research Catalog

Title

Cities and cinema / Barbara Mennel.

Author

Mennel, Barbara Caroline

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

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Details

Description

xi, 237 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Films about cities abound. They provide fantasies for those who recognize their city and those for whom the city is a faraway dream or nightmare. How does cinema rework city planners' hopes and city dwellers' fears of modern urbanism? Can an analysis of city films answer some of the questions posed in urban studies? What kinds of vision for the future and images of the past do city films offer? What are the changes that city films have undergone?Cities and Cinema puts urban theory and cinema studies in dialogue. The book's first section analyzes three important genres of city films that follow in historical sequence, each associated with a particular city, moving from the city film of the Weimar Republic to the film noir associated with Los Angeles and the image of Paris in the cinema of the French New Wave. The second section discusses socio-historical themes of urban studies, beginning with the relationship of film industries and individual cities, continuing with the portrayal of war torn and divided cities, and ending with the cinematic expression of utopia and dystopia in urban science fiction. The last section negotiates the question of identity and place in a global world, moving from the portrayal of ghettos and barrios to the city as a setting for gay and lesbian desire, to end with the representation of the global city in transnational cinematic practices.The book suggests that modernity links urbanism and cinema. It accounts for the significant changes that city film has undergone through processes of globalization, during which the city has developed from an icon in national cinema to a privileged site for transnational cinematic practices.

Series Statement

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city

Uniform Title

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.

Subjects

• City and town life in motion pictures
• Cities and towns in motion pictures

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217), filmography (pages [218]-222) and index.

Contents

Section 1 1. Modernity and the City Film: Berlin 2. The Dark City: Film Noir - Los Angeles 3. The City of Love: Paris -- Section 2 4. City Film Industry: Hong Kong 5. The Divided City and the City in Ruins: Belfast, Beirut, and Berlin 6. Utopia and Dystopia: Fantastic and Virtual Cities -- Section 3 7. Ghettos and Barrios 8. The City as Queer Playground 9. The Global City and Cities in Globalization. -- Conclusion: From the Train Effect to the Favela Effect: How to do Further Research.

Call Number

MFL 19-4275

ISBN

• 9781138498440
• 1138498440
• 9781138498488
• 1138498483
• 9781351016193 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351016179 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351016186 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781351016162 (Mobipocket ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019002123

OCLC

1083186577

Author

Mennel, Barbara Caroline, author.

Title

Cities and cinema / Barbara Mennel.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217), filmography (pages [218]-222) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781351016179

Research Call Number

MFL 19-4275