The City Symphony Phenomenon : Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars Hardback
Edited by Steven Jacobs, Eva Hielscher, Anthony Kinik
Part of the AFI Film Readers series
Hardback
Description
The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor.
Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography.
Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures.
In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages, 44 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/08/2018
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- ISBN:9781138665279
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages, 44 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/08/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138665279
