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 experim

Can the cinema imagine a different way of developing, using, and living in the city? Is it possible to do so using images of the extant city? Seeing Symphonical

The classic work on the evaluation of city form. What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the

Close readings that look for "the real Los Angeles" in a selection of contemporary movies. Los Angeles is a global metropolis whose history and social narrative

In Film and Literary Modernism, the connections between film, modernist literature, and the arts are explored by an international group of scholars. The impact