With michael sorkin, rem koolhaas, norman foster, oscar niemeyer. A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the worlds foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Review of urbanized, gary hustwits urban design documentary. Urbanized is a featurelength documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the worlds foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Hustwits films relate the basics of efficient design and its implementation. Urbanized is a featurelength documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of. It was broadcast by vpro, hbo latin america, dr, and other international networks. Urbanized shows how design can affect change on a large. Media in category 2011 in film the following 63 files are in this category, out of 63 total. The pruittigoe myth combines concise analysis and elegant cinematic resources in service of an uncommonly artful example of film journalism. Urbanized had its world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2011. Review of urbanized, gary hust wits urban design documentary. The film subsequently toured film festivals, special events, and art house cinemas worldwide, playing in over 100 cities in 20 countries.
New documentary urbanized explores design of the city governing. The film ticks off a fascinating blend of dos and donts for a century that will see even greater numbers of people packing into urban centers. As it catalogues the most remarkable civic projects to be completed in recent years it. A financial contract that insures a given project will be completed even if the producer runs out of money, or any measure of financial or other impediment occurs during the. His latest film, urbanized, looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design. A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the worlds. This interview took place on october 17, 2011, in new york. Finally completed gary hustwits designfocused documentaries series. The film, which premiered this month at the toronto international film festival, features. Creative solutions to urban problems are at the core of urbanized, the new.
Urbanized dissects the modern metropolis the worlds population recently passed the 7 billion mark, causing us to think deeply, at least for a moment, about how global society is dealing. Urbanized is the third entry in gary hustwits socalled design trilogy, the. This is his third film, after helvetica 2007 and objectified 2009 to consider the role of design in our daily lives. You can also embed the film in your website or blog and share it with folks you know. The film subsequently toured film festivals, special events, and. Urbanized2011 11 01 anderson court reporting 706 duke street, suite 100 alexandria, va 22314 phone 703 5197180 fax 703 5197190 3.
Hustwit, who completed the film just two months ago, is currently on a worldwide tour of. Gary hustwit helvetica, objectified returns with the final documentary in his design film trilogy. The first two dealt with details, with the design of the most ubiquitous typeface of the century and with the packaging of consumer. A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the worlds foremost. Urbanized focuses on the design of cities, and features some of the worlds foremost architects, planners, policymakers, and thinkers including sir norman foster, rem koolhaas, oscar niemeyer, amanda burden, jan gehl, enrique penalosa, yung ho chang, alejandro aravena, eduardo paes, rahul mehrotra, ellen dunhamjones, james corner, bruce katz, candy chang, edgar pieterse, noah chasin, and. Urbanized 2011 architects, city planners, politicians and others try to bring a fresh approach to dealing with the advantages and disadvantages of urban living. But more cars are not altogether a good thing, as gary hustwit argues in his new documentary urbanized, playing at the siskel center. Over half the worlds population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. Since the film was completed there has been an explosion of activity in public spaces. Completion films is committed to the development and production of globally dynamic feature films and occasionally documentaries directed by some of the most talented filmmakers from africa.
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