Film architecture : set designs from "Metropolis" to "Blade runner"

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Film architecture : set designs from "Metropolis" to "Blade runner"

edited by Dietrich Neumann ; with essays by Donald Albrecht ... [et al.]

Prestel, c1996

  • : English ed
  • : German ed

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Exhibition catalogue

Catalog of an exhibition held at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Dec. 8, 1995-Jan. 21, 1996 ; The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Academy Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, Apr. 4-Jun. 6, 1996 ; Deutsches Architektur-Museum and Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Jun. 26-Sept. 8, 1996

Organized by Dietrich Neumann

Exhibitors: Edward Carrere, Alexandra Exter, Anton Furst ... [et al.]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206)

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内容説明

Through a series of contributions from major scholars, this book examines visionary architecture in films by focusing on original set designs from filmmakers across Europe and the United States. The book begins with medievalizing, expressionistic and psychological sets for films, such as "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" and "Algol", and moves on to experimental depictions of the anticipated modern city in such films as "Asphalt and Sunrise" and the dark view of the future in "Metropolis". The cinema of the Weimar Republic is taken as a case study, as both architecture and film played an important role in the social and cultural self-definition of the young state, which found itself searching for its own brand of modernity between neo-medievalism and Americanism. The text traces later responses to the early, far-reaching discussions about the relationship between film, architecture and the city by presenting original visionary designs for American films. "The Fountainhead" is shown as an example of how the ideology of modern architecture was presented to a mass audience in the United States. "Blade Runner" and "Batman" present a post-modern, dystopian view of the city following the earlier cinematic discussions of "Metropolis". "Dick Tracy" and "The Hudsucker Proxy" represent yet another approach, in their nostalgic reflections on an imaginary New York of the past. The book is illustrated with many familiar backdrops to famous movies. It combines original set designs with publicity stills and prints from actual footage. It elucidates the role of the set designer in the creation of a movie, documents the process from the initial sketch to the final product, and places set design in relation to contemporary architectural debates, illustrating its position relative to painting, stage design and architecture. The volume is published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, at the Academy of Motion Pictures Exhibition Gallery in Los Angeles and at another key venue in the United States, before being shown at the Film and Architecture Museums in Frankfurt.

目次

  • The explosion of space architecture and filmic imagery, Anthony Vidler
  • sites of desire - the Weimar street film, Anton Kacs
  • "Algol", "Aelita", "Metropolis" - visions of the future city, Dietrich Neumann
  • like today, only more so - the credible dystopia of "Blade Runner", Michael Webb
  • New York - the rise and fall of a celluloid city, Donald Albrecht. (Part contents)

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