Cityscapes (2007)
The perception of the city in the modern era is characterized by its fleeting and momentary nature. Social and architectural constructions are fragmented and dashing past. Cityscapes attempts to make archived recordings from the Austrian Film Museum legible along these lines. Single images are isolated from the cinematographic flow in order to scrutinize their inscribed cognitive potential. For Walter Benjamin, history disintegrates into images and not stories. Cityscapes is a search along the tracks of these images.
Director: Michaela Grill, Martin Siewert
Runtime: 16 min
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cityscapes about?
- The perception of the city in the modern era is characterized by its fleeting and momentary nature. Social and architectural constructions are fragmented and dashing past. Cityscapes attempts to make archived recordings from the Austrian Film Museum legible along these lines. Single images are isolated from the cinematographic flow in order to scrutinize their inscribed cognitive potential. For Walter Benjamin, history disintegrates into images and not stories. Cityscapes is a search along the tracks of these images.
- Who directed Cityscapes?
- Cityscapes was directed by Michaela Grill, Martin Siewert.
- How long is Cityscapes?
- Cityscapes has a runtime of 16m (16 minutes).