set designs from Metropolis to Blade runner Neumann, Dietrich. creator Neumann, Dietrich. Albrecht, Donald. David Winton Bell Gallery (Brown University) text bibliography biography gw 1999 monographic eng spa

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207 p. ill. (some col.) 30 cm. Through a series of contributions from major scholars, this book examines visionary architecture in films by focusing on original set designs from filmmakers across Europe and the United States. It is illustrated with many backdrops to famous movies. The Explosion of Space: Architecture and the Filmic Imaginary / Anthony Vidler -- Sites of Desire: The Weimar Street Film / Anton Kaes -- Before and after Metropolis: Film and Architecture in Search of the Modern City / Dietrich Neumann -- New York, Olde York: The Rise and Fall of a Celluloid City / Donald Albrecht -- "Like Today, Only More So": The Credible Dystopia of Blade Runner / Michael Webb -- Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [1920] -- Genuine: Die Tragodie eines seltsamen Hauses [1920] -- Algol [1920] -- Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam [1920] -- Von Morgens bis Mitternachts [1920] -- Die Strasse [1923] -- Die Nibelungen [1924] -- L'Inhumaine [1924] -- Das Wachsfigurenkabinett [1924] -- Der letzte Mann [1924]. Aelita, Queen of Mars [1924] -- Metropolis [1927] -- Sunrise [1927] -- Asphalt [1929] -- Just Imagine [1930] -- The Black Cat [1934] -- Things to Come [1936] -- Lost Horizon [1937] -- The Fountainhead [1949] -- Mon Oncle [1958] -- Playtime [1967] -- Blade Runner [1982] -- Batman [1989] -- Dick Tracy [1990]. edited by Dietrich Neumann ; with essays by Donald Albrecht ... [et al.]. Catalog of an exhibition held at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, R.I., Dec. 8, 1995-Jan. 21, 1996, and at other museums and galleries. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-206). Motion pictures Setting and scenery Exhibitions Films Decors PN1995.9.S4 F46 1999 791.43/025 3791316052 9783791316055 9783791321639 3791321633 pucpr 012210 20201124153136.0 eng