Blockbuster Architecture & Urbanism: How the imaginings of cinema and other media reshape urban reality in Paris

by Michael Herrman

Despite the often-seamless depictions of urban spaces displayed on the silver screen, the relationship between the cinematic city and the actual city is anything but direct and unbiased. The connection between cinema and urban space is increasingly complex and marked by profound mutual influence: film sets are modeled after cities, which in turn are modeled after film sets. Paris, as one of the cities most often portrayed in cinema presents an ideal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1320400485
• ISBN13: 9781320400480
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 10.0"