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