The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars (AFI Film Readers) 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
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| Management number | 219218945 | Release Date | 2026/05/03 | List Price | $18.24 | Model Number | 219218945 | ||
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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. Read more
| XRay | Not Enabled |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1317215578 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 5.8 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 360 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Part of series | AFI Film Readers |
| Publication date | July 20, 2018 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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