The City Symphony Phenomenon - Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	AFI Film Readers
Release date:	August 2018
Editors:	Steven Jacobs • Anthony Kinik • Eva Hielscher
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-66527-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-138-66527-4
Barcode:	9781138665279

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