Cities in Transition

The Moving Image and the Modern Metropolis

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Edited by Andrew Webber and Emma Wilson

Type

Studies

Subject

Sociology

Keywords

city, urban

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

Wallflower Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 256 pages
6 ½ x 9 ½ inches (16.5 x 24 cm)

ISBN

978-1-905674-32-9

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Book Presentation:
The city is one of the greatest unsung heroes in cinema – a modernist inspiration for silent classics such as Metropolis (1926) and a dense urban jungle in The Matrix (1999) – yet there have been few attempts to grasp the cultural and aesthetic nature of its role in film. This volume is an ambitious collection of writings and photo-essays discussing this complex yet enduring relationship, and how early cinema, digital technology and changing urban geographies have all impacted upon notions and representations of the modern city. Amongst the films discussed are Peeping Tom (1960), Performance (1970), Sans Soleil (1983) and Amores perros (2000). Contributions come from the fields of film studies, cultural theory, architecture and design, as well as filmmakers Patrick Keiller and Chris Petit.

About the authors:
Andrew Webber is Reader in Modern German and Comparative Culture at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of The European Avant-garde (2004). Emma Wilson is Reader in Contemporary French Literature and Film at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. She is the author of Cinema's Missing Children (2003) and Alain Resnais (2006).

See the publisher website: Wallflower Press