The Urban Landscape - screening seriesMain MenuLandscape Theorysome general thoughtsThe City SymphonyOrganism (Hilary Harris, 1975, 19m) Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983, 85m)Rivers and DamsThe River (Pare Lorentz, 1938, 31 min) Up the Yangtzee (Yung Chang, 2008, 90 min)OilOil: A symphony in Motion (Artkino, 1933, 8m) Petropolis (Mettler, 2009, 42m) Deep Weather (Ursula Biemann, 2013, 10m)LaborWorkers Leaving the Factory (Harun Farocki, 1995, 36m) Maquilapolis (Sergio De La Torre & Vicky Funari, 2006, 69m) Workers leaving the GooglePlex (Andrew Norman Wilson, 2011, 11m)PollutionRed Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)Space & PlacePowers of Ten (Ray & Charles Eames, 1977, 9m) Space is the Place (John Corney, 1972, 85m)NostalgiaThe Royal Road (Jenni Olson, 2015, 64m)The Urban CommonsStyle Wars: The Original Hip Hop Documentary (Tony Silver, USA, 1983, 70m)SurveillanceHow Not to be Seen (Monty Python, 1970, 3min) How Not to be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational .Mov File (Hito Steyerl, 2013, 15 min) Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzman, 2011, 90m)Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e296
City Symphony bibliography
12016-01-05T20:15:06-08:00Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e29670871plain2016-01-05T20:15:06-08:00Topiary Landbergcfb350d468ec5c2054ab0b7ea98b3e2b63e3e296Alex Barrett. "The sound of silents: is it time to revive the 'city symphony' film genre?," The Guardian, Sept. 26, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/26/city-symphony-silent-films-genre-barbican
Jon Gartenberg and Alex Westhelle. "NY, NY: A Century of City Symphony Films," Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, Volume 55, Number 2, Fall 2014, pp. 248-276.
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