Seeing symphonically : avant-garde film, urban planning, and the utopian image of New York /

"Looks at how a group of aesthetically innovative independent films contested and imagined alternatives to urban planning in midcentury New York"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stein, Erica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York, [2021]
Temas:
Since 1898
City symphonies (Motion pictures) > United States > History and criticism.
City and town life in motion pictures.
Rhythm in motion pictures.
Utopias in motion pictures.
Independent films > United States > History > 20th century.
City planning > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Urban renewal > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Vie urbaine au cinéma.
Utopies au cinéma.
Films indépendants > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
City planning.
City symphonies (Motion pictures)
Independent films.
Motion pictures.
Urban renewal.
New York (N.Y.) > In motion pictures.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1951-
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Carving out an island
  • Tomorrow has no smell : the city, regional planning, and the national day
  • City/text : Weegee's New York, urban renewal, and the miniature-gigantic
  • Secret passages : symphonies of the margins, slum clearance, and blight
  • Spectacle in progress : symphonies of the center and advocacy planning
  • Image/city/fracture : The cool world, the urban crisis, and nostalgia for modernity
  • Coda: Repair.

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