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The City Symphony Phenomenon

Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars
 
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Short description:

The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 70 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.

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The 1920s and 1930s saw the rise of the city symphony, an experimental film form that presented the city as protagonist instead of mere decor. Combining experimental, documentary, and narrative practices, these films were marked by a high level of abstraction reminiscent of high-modernist experiments in painting and photography. Moreover, interwar city symphonies presented a highly fragmented, oftentimes kaleidoscopic sense of modern life, and they organized their urban-industrial images through rhythmic and associative montage that evoke musical structures. In this comprehensive volume, contributors consider the full 80 film corpus, from Manhatta and Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt to lesser-known cinematic explorations.

"The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars, a product of scholarly sleuthing and obsession, is a fascinating and valuable achievement."


- Charles Musser, Yale University, USA


"With the publication of The City Symphony Phenomenon: Cinema, Art, and Urban Modernity Between the Wars, editors Steven Jacobs, Eva Hielscher, and Anthony Kinik have created an invaluable contribution to the understanding of this compelling form of international film modernism."


- S. Topiary Landberg, UCSC, USA

Table of Contents:

Part I:


Introduction: The City Symphony Phenomenon 1920-1940


Steven Jacobs, Anthony Kinik, and Eva Hielscher



Part II:


1. László MoholyNagy and the City (Symphony)


Malte Hagener



2. Productive City: Ruttmann?s Düsseldorf: Kleiner Film einer großen Stadt


Michael Cowan



3. Minor Paris City Symphonies


Christa Blümlinger



4. Kaufman and Kopalin?s Moscow


Malcolm Turvey



5. A Parisian in Manhattan: Florey?s Skyscraper Symphony


Merrill Schleier



6. D?Errico?s Stramilano


John David Rhodes



7. Belgian Variations on the City Symphony Theme


Steven Jacobs



8. Koelinga?s De Steeg: Palimpsest and Parallax Historiography


Ivo Blom



9. Schuitema?s De Maasbruggen: City and Film as a Process


Floris Paalman



10. Von Barsy and Von Maydell?s The City that Never Rests: A Port City Symphony


Eva Hielscher



11. Hauser?s Weltstadt in Flegeljahren: An Americanist City Symphony


Eva Hielscher



12. Oneway Street: Conrad?s Halsted Street


Tom Gunning



13. Leyda?s A Bronx Morning


JanChristopher Horak



14. Kemeny and Lustig?s Sao Paolo, a Symphonia da Metropole


Cristina Menguello


15. Sparling?s Canadian City Symphonies


Anthony Kinik



16. Steiner and Van Dyke?s The City


Anthony Kinik


Part III:


17. A Survey of City Symphonies 19201940


Eva Hielscher, Steven Jacobs, and Anthony Kinik