Synopsis
The Regional Planning Association of America's plea for community chaotic cities and urban sprawl. Directors: Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Script: Henwar Rodakiewicz, from an outline by Pare Lorentz. Commentary written by Lewis Mumford. Narrator: Morris Carnovsky. Photography: Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke, Jules V.D. Bucher, Edward Anhalt, Roger Barlow and Rudolph Bretz. Editor: Theodore Lawrence. Music: Aaron Copland.
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- 15 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A film made with care · ERD · 2006-03-08
This film was made by people who had a deep social caring. Tne consequences of over crowding and lack of planning is amply shown. The human benefits of well planned cities and communities is also viewed. For 1939, everything about this production-filming,editing,narration,script, music,& directing-is masterfully done. Too bad many of things said have not been accoplished due to expediency and greed.
★★★★★ · Aaron Copeland score · CAG · 2006-03-16
Not that this film is scored by Aaron Copeland
★★★★ · Good City/Bad City · Spuzz · 2003-04-28
In this appeal to razing down neighborhood slums, the plea to build new cities, and get rid of the ghettos is emphasized. Strikingly visual for such a messaged film, the narration is pretty sparse, sticking with visuals of the city ala Baraka and Koyaanisquatsi. What I like about this film is again the visuals, treating petty items such as road signs into work of art, and it's salute to the car is very masterful as well. What I didn't like, I didn't really think the narration needed to be there, I would be perfectly happy with just the visuals alone, rather then the somewhat stilted…
