Architecture in Cinema
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About this book

In Architecture in Cinema, more than 40 architects, writers, thinkers, and academicians examine the magnificent works of cinema that contribute to the art of architecture and bring them to the attention of the architectural community. The contributors have compiled essays on fifty masterpieces of classic and contemporary cinema, including films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Ben Hurr, The Lord of The Rings trilogy, Nomadland and more. The book aims to stimulate the imagination of readers and offer approaches to understanding fantasy, sociological concepts, ecological problems, and political ideas. The contributors also focus on the elements of creativity, such as utopian or dystopian themes, aesthetics and artistry. Architecture in Cinema is an informative reference for anyone interested in how architecture is featured in the cinematic medium. Scholars of architecture, urban planning, fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and various design disciplines, will also find the book refreshing. Readership General readers interested in urban and popular culture; scholars of liberal arts and humanities.

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Yes, you can access Architecture in Cinema by Nevnihal Erdo?an,Hikmet Temel Akarsu,Nevnihal Erdo?an,Nevnihal Erdoğan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Architektur & Architektur Allgemein. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Welcome
  2. Table of Content
  3. Title
  4. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
  5. PREFACE
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Ben-Hur/1959
  8. The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
  9. Fellini's Rome
  10. The Artificial Hypocrisy of the Fairytale Atmosphere: The Grand Budapest Hotel
  11. Doctor Zhivago
  12. Towards the End
  13. The Belly of an Architect/ 1987
  14. Journey To Louis I. Kahn
  15. Jacques Tati, “Playtime”; on the Modern Architecture Movement and Livable Cities
  16. The Conflict of the Modern and the Traditional: The Case of Mon Oncle
  17. Imagined World, Dreamworld, and Beyond. The Architecture of the City as a Distraction Machine in ‘Lost in Translation’
  18. Roman Holiday (1953)
  19. Intellectual Criticism and Space in Cinema; Winter Sleep
  20. Constructivist Heterotopia or Taylorist Dystopia? Layers of Cinematic Space in Chaplin’s “Modern Times”
  21. The City of God / Cidade de Deus (CDD): Crime and Violence in the Favela
  22. Nostos or Ritournelle: The Spatio-Temporal Narrative of the Journey and Homecoming in the Movie of Ulysses’ Gaze
  23. The Truman Show: A Different American Dream
  24. The Journey Of Love(Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/Before Midnight)
  25. The Man Who Fell to Earth
  26. Dogville: Destruction is Architectural
  27. The Mind of the Dead and the Thinking (Johnny Got His Gun)
  28. Examining the Spaces of (The Shining) through Human Psychology
  29. Lost Highway
  30. The Use of Claustrophobic Spaces as a Cinematographic Tool: Panic Room-D. Fincher (2002)
  31. Lives Reflected in the Window Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock)
  32. An Anti-Space Film: Barton Fink
  33. “Medianeras” Sidewalls - Gustavo Taretto
  34. Nomadland/ 2020
  35. Architecture as a Main Character:Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
  36. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene (1920)
  37. Metropolis: From Dystopia To Reality
  38. Baraka
  39. Koyaanisqatsi
  40. The Architectural and Artical Criticism of the Movie Troy
  41. Alice in Wonderland – Tim Burton
  42. The Lord of The Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King)
  43. The Da Vinci Code
  44. They Live
  45. Brazil: Ducts And Pipes And Uncanny Gadgets... Or The Absurd Universe Of Being
  46. The Instances of Time and Space: Cloud Atlas
  47. Spatial Narrative in the Intercept Of Cinema and Architecture: A Review of Alien (1979) on Storyboards
  48. The Unity of Fictive World and Vision of Reality in the “Blade Runner” Universe
  49. Organic Architecture and Artificial Lives: Gattaca
  50. Inception: Time In Time, Space In Space
  51. Jurassic Park
  52. Edward Scissorhands and the Realities of Suburbia for an Extraordinary Body
  53. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  54. An Examination Of Star Wars Films Through Retro-Futuristic Space And City Setups
  55. Envisioning Space Throughout The Story Of Human Existence: 2001: A Space Odyssey
  56. Revisiting History of Humanity By Extraterrestrial Imperialism and Local Justice: Dune By Denis Villeneuve