#books #filmmaking | World film locations : San Francisco

World film locations : San Francisco / edited by Scott Jordan Harris.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / San Francisco

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781783200283
Cita APA-7: Harris, Scott Jordan (2013). World film locations: San Francisco. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127579650

[.en] An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticised and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust, at once a site of devastation caused by 1906 earthquake but also a symbol of indomitability in its effort to rebuild afterwards. Its beauty, both natural and manmade, has provided filmmakers with an iconic backdrop since the 1890s, and this guidebook offers an exciting tour through the film scenes and film locations that have made San Francisco irresistible to audiences and auteurs alike. 

Gathering more than forty short pieces on specific scenes from San Franciscan films, this book includes essays on topics that dominate the history of filmmaking in the city, from depictions of the Golden Gate Bridge, to the movies of Alfred Hitchcock, to the car chases that seem to be mandatory features of any thriller shot there. Some of America’s most famous movies – from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ to Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ to Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry – are celebrated alongside smaller movies and documentaries, such as ‘The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill’, to paint a complete picture of San Francisco in film. A range of expert contributors, including several members of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, discuss a range of films from many genres and decades, from nineteenth-century silents to twentieth-century blockbusters.

Audiences across the world, as well as many of the world’s greatest film directors – including Buster Keaton, Orson Welles, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, David Fincher and Steven Soderbergh – have been seduced by San Francisco. This book is the ideal escape to the city by the bay for arm chair travellers and cinephiles alike.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Chicago

World film locations : Chicago / edited by Scott Jordan Harris.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Chicago / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841507187
Cita APA-7: Harris, Scott Jordan (2013). World film locations. Chicago. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648534

[.en] While some call it the Second City, Chicago is no stranger to the silver screen. Director Christopher Nolan transformed Chicago into the darkly foreboding Gotham City for The Dark Knight . Ferris Bueller rode a parade float down Dearborn and made stops during his epic day off at a host of landmarks, from Buckingham Fountain to Wrigley Field. Everyone’s favourite foul-mouthed blues act ended their film’s climactic chase by taking the Bluesmobile through the plate-glass windows of the Richard J. Daley Center. With ‘World Film Locations: Chicago’, critic Scott Jordan Harris takes readers on a cinematic tour of the city, featuring modern blockbusters and beloved classics. Along the way, scenes from almost fifty films made or set in the city are discussed, accompanied by full-colour stills and interspersed with essays examining the city’s unique character onscreen. Among the contributors are Gordon Quinn, cofounder of Chicago’s Kartemquim Films; Elizabeth Weitzman, film critic for the New York Daily News; the BBC’s Samira Ahmed; and Steve James, director of the coming-of-age classic Hoop Dreams. For readers hoping to locate landmarks from favourite films, the book also includes detailed maps that point out key scenes. A fun and fact-packed read, World Film Locations: Chicago will be welcomed by film fans and anyone planning a trip to the Windy City.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Boston

World film locations : Boston / edited by Marcelline Block.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2014.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Boston / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine /

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781783201983
Cita APA-7: Block, Marcelline (2014). World film locations: Boston. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648498

[.en] Boston has a rich tradition of cinematic representation. This book considers the full spectrum of Boston's abundant aesthetic potential, looking in depth into forty-six films that were filmed on location in the city. Presented at the intersection of critical analysis and visual critique, the films are accompanied by articles and film scene reviews.

Founded by the Puritans in 1630 and the site of many of the American Revolution’s major precursors and events (including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere’s midnight ride, among others), Boston has played – and continues to play – an influential role in the shaping of the historic, intellectual, cultural and political landscapes of the United States. And Boston has a significantly rich tradition of cinematic representation. While Harvard is central to many of the films set in the Greater Boston area, ‘World Film Locations: Boston’ considers the full spectrum of Boston’s abundant aesthetic potential, reviewing films located within as well as far beyond Harvard’s hallowed halls and ivy-covered gates. Many iconic American classics, blockbusters, romantic comedies and legal thrillers, as well as films examining Boston’s criminal under-side, particularly in juxtaposition to the city’s elitist high society, were filmed on location in the city’s streets and back lots. ‘World Film Locations: Boston’ looks in depth into a highly select group of forty-six films such as ‘Love Story’, ‘Good Will Hunting’, ‘The Friends of Eddy Coyle’, and ‘The Social Network’, among many others, presented at the intersection of critical analysis and stunning visual critique (with material from the films themselves as well as photographs of the contemporary city locations). Featuring articles and film scene reviews written by a variety of leading contemporary film writers, critics and scholars, this book is a multimedia resource that will find a welcome audience in movie lovers in Beantown and beyond.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : New York

World film locations : New York / edited by Scott Jordan Harris.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2011.
126 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Nueva York 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841504827
Cita APA-7: Harris, Scott Jordan (2011). World film locations: New York. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648751

[.en] Presenting a varied and thought-provoking collage of the city onscreen – from the silent era to the present – ‘World Film Locations: New York’ provides a fascinating and historic look back at the rich diversity of locations that have provided the backdrop for some of the most memorable films. 

Be they period films, cult classics or elaborate directorial love letters, New York City has played – and continues to play – a central role in the imaginations of filmmakers and moviegoers worldwide. The stomping grounds of King Kong, it is also the place where young Jakie Rabinowitz of ‘The Jazz Singer’ realizes his Broadway dream. Later, it is the backdrop against which taxi driver Travis Bickle exacts a grisly revenge. 

The inaugural volume in an exciting new series from Intellect, ‘World Film Locations: New York’ pairs incisive profiles of quintessential New York filmmakers –among them Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet and Spike Lee– with essays on key features of the city’s landscape that have appeared on the big screen, from the docks to Coney Island, Times Square to the Statue of Liberty. More than forty-five location-specific scenes from films made and set in New York are separately considered and illustrated with screen shots and photographs of the locations as they appear now. For film fans keen to follow the cinematic trail either physically or in the imagination, this pocket-sized guide also includes city maps with information on how to locate key features.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Venice

World film locations : Venice / edited by Michael Pigott.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
127 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Venecia

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841507200
Cita APA-7: Pigott, Michael (2013). World film locations: Venice. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127649191

[.en] Extensively illustrated with maps, film stills and present-day location photos, ‘World Film Locations: Venice’ provides both a colourful guide to, and an incisive examination of, the floating city on film. This book explores the rich history of films that have used Venice as evocative backdrop and integral character. Few cities are as densely packed with picturesque cinematic locations. Extensively illustrated with maps, film stills and present-day location photos, this book provides both a colourful guide to, and an incisive examination of, Venice on film. It contains insightful film entries describing carefully chosen scenes from each film, as well as six thematic essays, written by an impressive international selection of film critics, academics and Venice experts. The grand and familiar tourist spots take on new significances, and the book highlights less well-known spots beyond the tourist trail, including gondola repair yards and legendary, but well-hidden, restaurants. From one of the earliest mobile shots in film history – a voyage up the Grand Canal shot in 1896 – to classic depictions of the city like Summertime , Death in Venice , and Don’t Look Now , as well as recent big budget productions such as The Tourist , this book spans the history of filmmaking in Venice.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Prague

World film locations : Prague / edited by Marcelline Block.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Praga 

📘 ISBN 9781783200276
Cita APA-7: Block, Marcelline (2013). World film locations: Prague. Intellect Books.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127580076

[.en] Prague, the 'Hollywood of the East', has played an important role in the history of cinema and ‘World Film Locations: Prague’ traverses the city’s topography to examine an internationally diverse range of movies made in the Czech capital: landmark early films such as Ecstasy, controversial due to the female nudity that catapulted Hedy Lamarr into stardom in the United States; Steven Soderbergh’s biopic ‘Kafka’, starring Jeremy Irons; adaptations of Kafka’s literary works such as ‘The Trial’, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter and starring Anthony Hopkins; and action blockbusters like ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘The Bourne Identity’ and ‘Casino Royale’. Exploring legendary Prague landmarks as they appear onscreen—including the Charles Bridge, Old Town, Malà Strana, Liechtenstein Palace, Wenceslas Square and Prague Castle – the book also discusses the intersection of the capital city and its cinematic representations; Prague and the Czech New Wave; the iconic Barrandov Studios; and the impact of political events such as the Prague Spring, the Soviet Invasion of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution on the city’s film industry. An invaluable resource for scholars, students and aficionados of film and cinematic psychogeography, this collection will be heralded by students of East European literary, cultural and sociopolitical history.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Berlin

World film locations : Berlin / edited by Susan Ingram.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2012.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
EN / Libros / Berlin / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en la cin

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841506319
Cita APA-7: Ingram, Susan (2012). World film locations: Berlin. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648491

[.en] One of the most dynamic capital cities of the twenty-first century, Berlin also has one of the most tumultuous modern histories. A city that came of age, in many senses, with the cinema, it has been captured on film during periods of exuberance, devastation, division and reconstruction. ‘World Film Locations: Berlin’ offers a broad overview of these varied cinematic representations.

Covering an array of films that ranges from early classics to contemporary star vehicles, this volume features detailed analyses of 46 key scenes from productions shot on location across the city as well as spotlight essays in which contributors with expertise in German studies, urban history and film studies focus on issues central to understanding Berlin film, such as rubble, construction sites and music, and controversial film personalities from Berlin, such as Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl. With the help of full-colour illustrations that include film stills and contemporary location shots, ‘World Film Locations: Berlin’ cinematically maps the city’s long twentieth century, taking readers behind the scenes and shedding new light on the connections between many favourite and possibly soon-to-be-favourite films.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Helsinki

World film locations : Helsinki / edited by Pietari Kääpä and Silja Laine.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
111 p. : il.
/ En / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Helsinki 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841507224
Cita APA-7: Kääpä, Pietari & Laine, Silja (2013). World film locations: Helsinki. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648868

[.es] ‘World Film Locations: Helsinki’ explores the relationship between the city, cinema, and Finnish cultural history. Cinematic representations of Helsinki range from depictions of a northern periphery to a space of cosmopolitanism, from a touristic destination to a substitute for Moscow and St. Petersburg during the Cold War.

Part of Intellect’s World Film Locations series, ‘World Film Locations: Helsinki’ explores the relationship between the city, cinema and Finnish cultural history. Cinematic representations of Helsinki range from depictions of a northern periphery to a space of cosmopolitanism, from a touristic destination to a substitute for Moscow and St. Petersburg during the Cold War. The city also looks different depending on one’s perspective, and World Film Locations: Helsinki illustrates this complexity by providing a visual collection of cinematic views of Helsinki. This cinematic city is a collective work where individual pieces construct a whole, and one which we, as viewers, then shape according to our perspectives. The contributors emphasize the role of the city in identity and cultural politics throughout Finnish film history and its central role as the locus for negotiating Finland’s globalization.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Glasgow

World film locations : Glasgow / edited by Nicola Balkind.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
112 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Glasgo

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841507194
Cita APA-7: Balkind, Nicola (2013). World film locations: Glasgow. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648506

[.en] ‘World Film Locations: Glasgow’ explores Scotland’s biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic history, this book seeks to discover the city’s culture, character and comedy through its cinematic identity. 

‘World Film Locations: Glasgow’ explores Scotland’s biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic history, this book seeks to discover the city’s culture, character and comedy through its cinematic identity. Essays cover a variety of topics including a background of Glasgow’s cinema-goers and picture houses, the evolution of Scots comedy, and the role of the city as inspiration for grassroots and underground filmmakers, as well as big Hollywood productions. Thirty-eight films are featured, from classics like Forsyth’s Gregory’s Girl and Loach’s Carla’s Song to cult hits like Boyle’s Trainspotting . Bollywood is also represented, alongside European titles and grim Scots realism like Sweet Sixteen , My Name is Joe , and Red Road , and new titles including Fast Romance , Perfect Sense , and NEDs , making this an essential guide to Scotland in film.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Liverpool

World film locations : Liverpool / edited by Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
ISBN 9781783200269
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Liverpool

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781783200269
Cita APA-7: Conolly, Jez & Whelan, Caroline (2013). World film locations: Liverpool. Intellect Books.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127579995

[.en] Outside of London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for other cities or acting as a version of its own past, Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop. From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Lumière brothers – Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination for years. 

Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Rome or Moscow, and sometimes playing itself – or a version of its own past in Beatles biopics – Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop that has attracted film-makers to its ports for decades. A place of passion, humour and pride, Liverpool evokes caverns and cathedrals, ferries and football grounds; it is a city so vivid we see it clearly even if we’ve never been there. From the earliest makers of moving images – among them the Mitchell & Kenyon film company, the Lumière brothers and pioneering early cinematographer Claude Friese-Greene – who preserved the city, the river, the docks, the streets and the people, Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination. This collection celebrates that survival instinct and will be welcomed by enthusiasts of British cities, films and culture.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : London

World film locations : London / edited by Neil Mitchell.
Bristol : Intellect, 2011.
136 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Londres

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841504841 
Cita APA-7: Mitchell, Neil (ed.) (2011). World film locations: London. Intellect. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/931623521

[.en] From ‘Terror on the Underground to Thames Tales’ to Richard Curtis's affectionate portrayal of the city in ‘Love Actually’, this user-friendly guide explores the diversity and distinctiveness of films shot in location in London.

An exciting and visually focused tour of the diverse range of films shot on location in London, ‘World Film Locations: London’ presents contributions spanning the Victorian era, the swinging ’60s and the politically charged atmosphere following the 2005 subway bombings. Essays exploring key directors, themes and historical periods are complemented by reviews of important scenes that offer particular insight into London's relationship to cinema. The book is illustrated throughout with full-colour film stills and photographs of cinematic landmarks as they appear now – as well as city maps to aid those keen to investigate them.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Marseilles

World film locations : Marseilles / edited by Marcelline Block.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p.: il.
Serie: World Film Locations
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Marsella 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 978184150723
Cita APA-7: Block, Marceline (2013). World film locations: Marseilles. Intellect Books.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648531

[.en] ‘World Film Locations: Marseilles’ examines the representations of this port city in cinema, through essays and film scene reviews devoted to an exploration of its topography as depicted by Jean Epstein, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean Renoir, Jean-Jacques Beineix, and many others. ‘World Film Locations: Marseilles’ features maps of film scenes, high-quality screengrabs, and images of movie locations as they appear today, accompanied by original texts penned by leading international film scholars and critics and an interview with Marseillais director Robert Guédiguian.

As France’s oldest city, Marseilles has a significant cinematic culture, dating back to the 1890s when the Lumière brothers shot many films there. Due to its prolific film industry in the 1920s, Marseilles was referred to as 'the French Los Angeles'. This volume showcases Marseilles’s diversity as articulated onscreen: from the winding streets of the Panier to the Old Port’s noisy markets, from the bustling Canebière to the dockyards of the Grand Port Maritime, from the cliffs of Provençal encircling the city to sun-drenched calanques leading to the dazzling cerulean sea. Marseilles, France’s oldest city, has a significant cinematic culture, dating back to the 1890s when the Lumière brothers shot many films there. Due to its prolific film industry in the 1920s, Marseilles was referred to as ‘the French Los Angeles’. World Film Locations: Marseilles features maps of film scenes, high quality screengrabs, and images of movie locations as they appear today, accompanied by original texts penned by leading international film scholars and critics. Essays treat Marcel Pagnol’s classic trilogy, firmly ensconced within the French collective unconscious; cinematic adaptations of the Marseillais novelist Jean-Claude Izzo; onscreen appearances of the Old Port and the Canebière, and immigrants in Marseilles films. Scene reviews are selected from 46 films, including œuvres by acclaimed directors such as Jacques Audiard, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Luc Besson’s Taxi franchise, Bertrand Blier, Richard Curtis, Jacques Demy, Jean Epstein, John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin, Jean-Luc Godard, Norman Jewison, Joshua Logan, Jean-Pierre Melville, Lázló Moholy-Nagy, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean Renoir, Ridley Scott, and Berlin School auteur Angela Schanelac.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Paris

World film locations : Paris / edited by Marcelline Block.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2011.
128 p. : il. 
Serie: World Film Locations
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Paris 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841505619
Cita APA-7: Block, M. (2011). World film locations: Paris. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127580007

[.en] ‘World Film Locations: Paris’ takes readers on an unforgettable tour of the City of Lights past and present through the many films that have been set there. Along the way, we revisit iconic tourist sites from the Eiffel Tower – whose stairs and crossbars inspired more than one famous chase scene – to the Moulin Rouge overlooking the famously seedy Place Pigalle. Other films explore lesser-known quarters usually tucked away from the tourist’s admiring gaze. Handsomely illustrated with full-colour film stills and contemporary photographs, more than fifty scenes are individually considered with special attention to their use of Paris’s topography as it intersects with characters, narrative and plot. A host of important genres and cinematic movements are featured, including poetic realism, the New Wave, cinéma-verité, the literary works of the Left Bank Group, and Luc Besson’s slickly stylised cinéma du look. Meanwhile, essays foreground contributions from Francophone African directors and émigré filmmakers.

#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Madrid

World film locations : Madrid / edited by Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2011.
126 p. : il. 
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Madrid

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841505688 
Cita APA-7: Torres Hortelano, Lorenzo J. (2011). World film locations: Madrid. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648987

[.en] ‘World Film Locations: Madrid’ is a trip through the urban space conceived as film location. The premise is that these locations must have been protagonist of films shot in Madrid since the silent era to the present. Madrid is the film capital of the Hispanic World from the standpoint of production. Being also one of the most visited cities in the world, this book tries to discover its most imaginative side for the visitor who dares to take this journey. But it is a tour that is not covered in the guidebooks. The different suggestions are explained in a series of essays written by experts, which analyses the role that the city plays in the stories filmed in Madrid. This is a city of contrasts where lives high culture (the best universities, the Museo del Prado, etc.), with the most popular and sparkling nightlife that began with La Movida and Almodóvar.

These essays account for this life contrast, addressing from the corralas (popular architecture) in Egdar Neville’s films, to the underground cinema of Iván Zulueta. Madrid’s spaces and their films are visually discussed as well through 44 microanalysis of sequences, whose selection criteria has been its importance in the plot and its ability to represent the true spirit of the city, rather than its tourist attractive. Casual visitors or permanent inhabitants, and general lovers of Spanish culture in a broad sense, will find in these pages reasons to wander through Madrid’s films and streets.

From ‘Death of a Cyclist’ to ‘Open Your Eyes to The Limits of Control’, Madrid has graced the big screen countless times across a wide variety of genres enacted by a similarly eclectic array of directors, including Carlos Saura, Luis Buñuel, and Pedro Almodovar. With the aim of capturing the full range of portrayals of the city onscreen, this volume pairs short synopses of scenes from fifty films with an accompanying array of dynamic full-color film stills. These scenes are set in context through a series of incisive essays that examine significant periods from Madrid’s rich film history, as well as its key industry figures and recurring themes. Packed with fun facts, ‘World Film Locations: Madrid’ offers a fascinating -and often surprising- tour of the many film representations of Madrid. For jetsetters planning a jaunt to this richly cinematic city, the book also includes photographs of locations as they appear now and city maps with information on how to locate key features.

Imagen: Google Imágenes / Fotograma de 'La ley del deseo', de Pedro Almodóvar

📎 ‘World film locations: Madrid’ : reseña.
José M. López-Agulló P-C · Universidad de Málaga | Fotocinema : revista científica de cine y fotografía, n. 6 (2013), p. 269-271
TEXTO COMPLETO | UMA · Universidad de Málaga
https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2013.v0i6.5918

Uno de los rasgos que define al cine de la contemporaneidad es el protagonismo adquirido por la localización como elemento narrativo en conversación con el propio relato. ‘World film locations: Madrid’ nos presenta una selección cinematográfica cuyo objetivo es analizar el espacio urbano de la capital española dentro de la estructura narrativa de cada filme. Como explica su coordinador, Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano, “what readers will find are the myths and the facts that explain what cinema is today through the representation of the city”. Sabemos que la identidad del lugar se construye a través de su geografía, cultura e historia; pero, lo que acertadamente nos propone esta obra, es una construcción que depende también de los personajes cinematográficos que pisan su suelo.

Retomando la definición de David Bordwell, existen dos componentes taxativos en toda narración: el espacio y el tiempo. Centrado en el espacio urbano, ‘World film locations: Madrid’ revisita las historias que pueblan sus esquinas tratando de componer un mapa emblemático cuyos protagonistas ya no son los antiguos monumentos, sino las pequeñas historias proyectadas en la gran pantalla. A este respecto cabe recordar una de las más célebres escenas del cine español: Carmen Maura en la película ‘La ley del deseo’ (Almodóvar, 1987), dirigiéndose a un empleado municipal, entonando su famoso “¡Vamos, riégueme!”. La escena, que fue rodada en la entrada del ‘Cuartel del Conde Duque’, es analizada por Torres Hortelano juntos a otras tantas que conviven dentro de nuestro imaginario colectivo. Y es que más de uno desearía ser regado en las calurosas noches de verano madrileñas.

Este libro es solo una pieza más dentro de la serie ‘World film locations’. Cada uno de los textos que configuran esta serie recupera los filmes más representativos de las grandes urbes mundiales, ayudando a superar mucho de los tópicos que en ellas habitan. En el caso del libro que nos compete, aunque la amplitud de su matriz selectiva puede hacernos echar en falta algún que otro título, Torres Hortelano nos surte de una gran variedad de ejemplos realmente sorprendentes: 44 fragmentos de películas que transitan desde el popular largometraje ‘Domingo de carnaval’ (1945) de Edgar Neville, pasando por la producción internacional ‘Campanas de media noche’ (1965) de Orson Welles o el ‘biopic’ del famoso cantaor de flamenco ‘Camarón’ (2005) de Jaime Chávarri. Como podemos observar, esta obra, publicada en inglés por la editorial Intellect Books, presenta una amplia selección cinematográfica que no solo propone películas españolas, sino también películas extranjeras en las que Madrid se presenta como escenario protagonista.

En el capítulo “Beyond Cliché: Madrid in Twenty-first Century American Thrillers”, el profesor de cine John D. Sanderson analiza la manera en que ciertos largometrajes estadounidenses han tratado los tópicos que persiguen a los españoles. Sanderson hace mención a la película ‘Siesta’ (1987), de Mary Lambert, como ejemplo de construcción cinematográfica saturada de estereotipos y de lugares comunes, en contraposición al filme dirigido Paul Greengrass, ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ (2007) que, según cuenta el profesor, representaría un paso hacia adelante en la modernización del imaginario internacional acerca de España. Además de producciones situadas al otro lado del Atlántico, dentro de este capítulo nos reencontramos con Almodóvar, nuestro director más internacional, quien inteligentemente ha sabido trasladar los tópicos locales al panorama cinematográfico mundial.

‘World film locations: Madrid’ se estructura en siete bloques temáticos que, a modo de ensayo, teorizan sobre el papel desempeñado por la capital en el cine y cómo el cine proyecta sobre la cuidad la imagen que él mismo construye, a través de un juego de reciprocidades en el que es difícil descifrar qué fue antes, si la gallina o el huevo. Aunque el tema medular del libro sea la ciudad de Madrid, cada uno de los bloques presenta un enfoque teórico diferente que enriquece el conjunto del texto. Así, nos encontramos con el ya citado “Beyond Cliché” u otros como “Embracing Normalcy: Madrid Gay Cinema at the Turn of the New Millenium”. Este último explora el papel que ha cumplido el cine en la superación de ciertos ‘handicaps’ sociales como la homosexualidad, tratando de mostrar la cara más ‘open-minded’ de la capital. Porque, como bien ilustra el libro, Madrid es un lugar amable y divertido, pero también difícil e ingrato, donde conviven antiguos estereotipos con las mentes más vanguardistas; un lugar plagado de historias, personajes y espacios que enriquecen el universo narrativo del cine.

Lo que nos presenta ‘World film locations: Madrid’ es un compendio de historias que hacen de la ciudad un complejo de identidad mutable, abierto a multitud de narraciones. Es por esto que debemos resaltar el interés de este breve repaso histórico y geográfico de la capital a través de las historias que deambulan por sus calles; pues como explica su coordinador “Madrid, as a city of imagination, does not really belong to any one person but, rather, it belongs to all”.

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#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Barcelona

World film locations : Barcelona / edited by Helio San Miguel and Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano.
Bristol : Intellect, 2013.
128 p. : il. 
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Barcelona / Cine, Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781783200252
Cita APA-7: San Miguel, Helio & Torres Hortelano, Lorenzo J. (2013). World film locations: Barcelona. Intellect.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127585167

[.en] Barcelona is one of the world’s most beautiful cities. A permanent showcase of the work of acclaimed architect Antoni Gaudí, it also has a long and rich cinematic legacy. Great directors from all over the world – among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar and Michelangelo Antonioni – have set their films there. World Film Locations: Barcelona is the first book of its kind to explore the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city.

The illuminating essays collected here cover essential themes of the city’s cinematic history, including the origins of cinema in Barcelona; the role of Ciutat Vella (old quarter) as a film set; the influential Barcelona School of the 1960s; the film presence of Gaudí and his work; changing attitudes and urban renewal before and after the 1992 Olympics; and the emergence of a new generation of female filmmakers that have made Barcelona the centre of their cinematic explorations. This book will be a welcome addition to the libraries of anyone enchanted by the beauty of Barcelona, whether in person on the big screen.

#libros #arquitectura #cine | La Mirada única : un arquitecto piensa el cine

La Mirada única : un arquitecto piensa el cine / Juan Deltell Pastor.
Madrid : Abada Editores, 2019.
358 p. : il.
Serie: Lecturas. Cine.
/ ES / Libros / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Arquitectura en el cine / Arte y cine / Cine / Cine – Estética

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9788416160990
Cita APA-7: Deltell Pastor, J. (2019). La mirada única : un arquitecto piensa el cine. Abada Editores.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 MIR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1105445565 

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https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/32955

[.es] El cineasta y el arquitecto comparten una misma mirada. Uno construye películas. El otro edificios. El presente libro estudia la específica mirada que un arquitecto puede arrojar sobre la construcción cinematográfica. Se propone para ello trasladar las pautas específicas del análisis arquitectónico, y sus modelos de representación, a la observación detallada, y el estudio documental, de doce películas francesas realizadas en los años 50’-60’.

#books #filmmaking | Brazil on screen : cinema novo, new cinema, utopia

Brazil on screen : cinema novo, new cinema, utopia / Lúcia Nagib.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007.
162 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Cine - Brasil

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781845113285 / 9781845114480
Cita APA-7: Nagib, Lúcia (2007). Brazil on screen : cinema novo, new cinema, utopia. I.B. Tauris. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43 BRA
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/912712938

[.en] Two periods of Brazilian film history are particularly notable for their artistic momentum: the Cinema Novo movement of the 1960s and early '70s, and the film revival from the mid 1990s onwards. What makes them especially strong, this book argues, is their utopian impulse. By adopting Utopia as a theme, as well as a method of film analysis, Lucia Nagib unveils, organises and interprets a fascinating wealth of recurrent images, which are a bridge between a cinema strongly concerned with the national project and another informed by global culture. Outstanding recent films, such as "Central Station", "Perfumed Ball", "Hans Staden", "Orfeu", "City of God" and "The Trespasser", are illuminated by Nagib's sharp analysis, which detects utopian, anti-utopian and even dystopian impulses in them. They are at once representatives of a political arena in constant struggle against underdevelopment and legitimate (as well as critical) heirs of past cinematic traditions. Throwing new light on a large selection of Cinema Novo and contemporary films, this book thus presents a national cinema that rejects the end of history and of film history, while benefiting from, and contributing to, a new transnational aesthetics.

#books #filmmaking | Los Angeles before Hollywood : journalism and American film culture, 1905 to 1915

Los Angeles before Hollywood : journalism and American film culture, 1905 to 1915 / Jan Olsson.
Stockholm : National Library of Sweden, 2008.
479 p. : il.
Serie: Mediehistoriskt Arkiv ; 10.
/ EN / Libros / Cine – Aspecto social – Estados Unidos / Los Angeles (California) / Periodismo – Estados Unidos

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 978918846806
Cita APA-7: Olsson, Jan (2008). Los Angeles before Hollywood : journalism and American film culture, 1905 to 1915. National Library of Sweden. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43 LOS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127579855

[.en] This study provides a meticulous account of the reception and regulation of cinema in the United States during a decade of upheaval, transition, and industrial consolidation that affected all aspects of film culture. Written in close dialogue with contemporary journalism, the volume focuses on Los Angeles film culture from 1905 to 1915. The study discusses exhibition practices, regulatory efforts and reforms, the critical role of women in all areas of film culture, and the burgeoning movement of film journalism that pivoted around the feature format and serial films. Jan Olsson makes an important contribution to both film history and urban studies on the Progressive Era as it took place within a multiethnic city predicated on Midwestern sensibilities.

#books #filmmaking | Scenes from the city : filmmaking in New York

Scenes from the city : filmmaking in New York / edited by James Sanders ; contributions by Martin Scorsese and Nora Ephron ; produced with Commissioner Katherine Oliver and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.
New York : Rizzoli, 2013 / [ed. rev. and expanded].
336 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine / Nueva Yor

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9780847842902
Cita APA-7: Sanders, James (ed.) (2013). Scenes from the city : filmmaking in New York (Rev. and expanded. ed.). Rizzoli. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 SCE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127579739

[.en] ‘Scenes from the City’ is a celebration of the rise of New York-shot films, particularly after the MOFTB was formed in 1966 making the city a much more welcoming film location. New York could, once again, lure talent such as Woody Allen and Martin Scorcese, to its streets - streets that could provide both a desolate urban prairie for Midnight Cowboy or a delightful 5th Avenue shopping romp for a Mrs. Golightly. New York's cityscape has enriched the movies it's been a part of with its diverse and entrancing visage, not unlike the faces of the industry's most beautiful and talented actors and actresses. ‘Scenes from the City’ is an affectionate ovation for this 'character' that rarely receives billing, but always steals the show.