Urban Cinematics (Paperback)

Paperback. Urban Cinematics surveys the mechanisms by which cinema contributes to our understanding of cities to address two key issues: How do filmmakers make use of urban spaces, and how do urban spaces make use of cinema? Merging the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urban planning with film studies, this book explores the potential of cinema as a tool to investigate the communal narratives of cities. A series of dialogues with filmmakers rounds out this insightful and methodologically innovative volume. Reviews the mechanisms by which cinema and the moving image contribute to our understanding of cities, addressing two key issues: how do film-makers make use of cities and how do cities make use of cinema? This title explores the use of cinema as a tool/approach to investigate the phenomena, experience and narrative of cities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.