"Los Angeles: the 'City of Angels'. Whether this epithet evokes sunshine and beaches, glamorous movie stars or the possibility of fame, many around the world have a fantasy of this enchanting, impossible place stored in their minds. Its reality is as much the record of the place on film as the 'real' Los Angeles. This is because Los Angeles is first and foremost a city of cinema, both in the movies that are made there, and the filmed ima ..."
Italian Neorealism(Illustrated) Rebuilding the Cinematic City (Short Cuts) by MarkShiel, Robert Shail, Robert Shiel Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2006 by Wallflower Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904764-48-9, ISBN: 1-904764-48-7
" Italian Neorealism: Rebuilding the Cinematic City is a valuable introduction to one of the most influential of film movements. Exploring the roots and causes of neorealism, particularly the effects of the Second World War, as well as its politics and style, Mark Shiel examines the portrayal of the city and the legacy left by filmmakers such as Rossellini, De Sica, and Visconti. Films studied include Rome, Open City (1945), Paisan (19 ..."
"Cinema and the City * Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. . Full description"
Architectures of Revolt the Cinematic City Circa 1968 (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) by MarkShiel Hardcover, Published 2018 by Temple University Press,U.S., United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-1003-0, ISBN: 1-4399-1003-0
"Throughout the book, the cinema's artistic encounter with the city always intersects with a social and political engagement in which urgent issues of class, race, sexuality, the environment, liberty, capital, and totalitarianism are everywhere at stake.The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocati ..."
"The city has long been an important location for filmmakers. Visually compelling and always modern, it is the perfect metaphor for man's place in the contemporary world. In this provocative collection of essays, films as diverse as The Man with the Movie Camera, Annie Hall, Street of Crocodiles, Boyz N the Hood, Three Colors Red, and Crash are examined in terms of the relationship between cinema and the changing urban experience in Eur ..."
Architectures of Revolt(1st Edition) the Cinematic City Circa 1968 (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) by Shiel, Mark Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Temple University Press,U.S., United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-1004-7, ISBN: 1-4399-1004-9
"The Center's Manager, Jennifer Houle, did a thoroughly professional job and
also has my thanks. In the Department of History, of which the Davis Center forms
a part, I enjoyed opportunities to discuss my work with Jeremy Adelman and
Philip Nord, and I was grateful for the administrative support of its Manager,
Judith Hanson. In History and in other departments I also benefited from
discussions with (and the friendship of) Maria Di ..."
Short Cuts Ser. Italian Neorealism : Rebuilding the Cinematic City by MarkShiel 144 Pages, Published 2006 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-85029-2, ISBN: 0-231-85029-8
"Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ____ (1998) The Folklore of
Consensus: Theatricality in the Italian Cinema, 1930– 1943. Albany: State
University of New York Press. Laura, Ernesto (1979) 'A proposito di generi: il film
comico', in Riccardo Redi (ed.) Cinema italiano sotto il fascismo. Venice: Marsilio,
117–28. Licata, Antonella and Elisa Mariani-Travi (2000) La città e il cinema.
Universale di architettura, Rome: Testo e ..."
"They are mostly shot in the style from which film noir gets its name, with
highcontrast lighting and lots of night scenes. ... may be inserted to make the
contrast explicit – for example, The Killers (1946), Out of the Past (1947), and On
Dangerous Ground ... Generic cities can, at a pinch, be created on location (this
is the case with Godard's Alphaville (1965), set in an .... such an Ideal Home
environment, representative of the ..."
Cinema and the City Film and Urban Societies in a Global Context. Studies in Urban and Social Change. by MarkShiel Digital, 322 Pages, Published 2001 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: , ISBN: