Walls have feelings : architecture, film and the city /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shonfield, Katherine, 1954-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Cities and towns in motion pictures. Architecture in motion pictures. Motion picture locations. Architecture in motion pictures. Cities and towns in motion pictures. Motion picture locations. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127038

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ISBN:	0203165497 9780203165492
Notes:	"First published 2000 by Routledge"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index. Filmography: page 193. Print version record.
Summary:	For the first time, this book brings the insights, methodologies and visions of film to the practice of architecture. Walls Have Feelings poses unanswered questions from our immediate past, crucial for the future of the city: what was the cultural mindset leading to the triumph of Brutalism? What is the urban and domestic impact of large scale office building? Are there alternatives to the planners' city of object? and, Why does your flat leak? This book uniquely brings to bear questions of urgent cultural relevance on critical design decisions. As such, it is of as much importance to architects, planners and students of design, as to students of cultural history, geography and all enthusiasts of cities and of film.
Other form:	Print version: Shonfield, Katherine, 1954- Walls have feelings. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415235413 0415235421

Table of Contents:

How to use this book
Part 1. The Detail
1. How Brutalism defeated picturesque populism: parallels in film and architecture
2. Why does your flat leak?
Part 2. The Interior
3. These walls have feelings: the interiors of Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby
4. Wives and lovers: the 1960s' office interior: Alfie, The Apartment and Darling
Part 3. The City
5. Free circulation = free copulation: women and roads in Nana and Two or Three Things I Know About Her
6. Against the city of objects: Our Mutual Friend, Mary Poppins, L.A. Story
Endpiece
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Filmography
Index

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