Lost Landscapes of Detroit (2010)

★★★★ · Urban Paradox · donwert · 2010-03-02

This is a collection of largely home movies from the 40s and 50s of life in and around Detroit---one of the world's greatest cities in those days and, during WW II, perhaps the world's most important. We see downtown streets thronged with people; automobile plants; the Vernor's Ginger Ale plant (Vernor's was, and is, the most distinctive ginger ale ever made); vibrant neighborhoods; grand movie houses (including United Artists on the day "Anatomy of A Murder" premiered when director Otto Preminger and star Lee Remick made personal appearances); parks, inluding Belle Isle in the Detroit…

★★★★ · Keep it classy, Detroit! · Spuzz · 2012-05-22

60 minute travelogue on Detroit, using mostly silent film (though sound bits due turn up from time to time). This film showcases the many historical facades of Detroit, and it should be interesting to most people, Detroitese or not. I myself got suckered in by the massive billboards on display. bee-yoo-ti-full! Something for everyone!