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A feature documentary about decay and renewal in urban America,
Urbanscapes is a portrait of evolution, change, and chaos in four different cities - Chicago, Detroit, New York and Newark - as seen through the eyes of residents and artists who have witnessed the dramatic transformation of their neighborhoods.
Through a variety of photographic styles and editing techniques, the film chronicles decades of physical and social changes in this unique work of cinematic archeology.
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USA, 90 mins, 2006
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“Urbanscapes offers harshly minimalist, meticulously framed images [...]
with scenes that remain in the mind long after the closing credits.”
-VARIETY
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"Urbanscapes" plants a camera in neighborhoods gone to seed,
cultivating a bittersweet portrait of American ruin." -THE NEW YORK TIMES
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"Beautifully photographed, the film’s compelling characters let the viewer witness
an America one could never imagine existed in the 21st Century." - CINEASTE MAGAZINE
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“Urbanscapes mirrors the pace of the neighborhoods that have been left behind” -TIME OUT NY
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“Urbanscapes analyzes urban blight as a recurring phenomenon,
with economic, social, and moral dimensions.” -VILLAGE VOICE
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
PREMIO LIBERO BIZZARRI
CASTELLI
FILM FESTIVAL
2006
