Why these films?
In anticipation of the question of why these films were chosen, I should give a little background on the selection process and it's goals. The #1 goal is to get together as a group (friends and family), watch a good film and have a good time. Simple. Thus we tried to pick films that were #1 - visually stimulating and sensitive to the built environment, #2 enjoyable to watch, #3 hopefully under 2 hours and #4 represent as many genres and time periods as possible. Believe me, most filmmakers that care about architecture don't care about keeping you entertained at a Hollywood pace crafted for a society on ritalin. SO, what we ended up with was to starting the series off lightly with a film from the early 90's about Los Angeles and then moving into french comedy/commentary on modern life and its architecture from the 1960's, a recent documentary, a horror film from the 70's, a very recent drama from China, a sci-fi movie from the 80's and ending on another light note with an animated film. Every one of these films has a great story that will be told in future posts and before the film is shown.
posted by sonocolor @ 5/29/2006 08:04:00 PM
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