The City (1939)
44m
Running Time
May 26, 1939Release Date
Plot.
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Morris Carnovsky
Narrator (voice)
Willard Van Dyke
Director / Director of Photography
Ralph Steiner
Director / Director of Photography
Lewis Mumford
Writer
John Flory
Production Manager
Theodore Lawrence
Editor
Max Goberman
Conductor
Henwar Rodakiewicz
Associate Producer / Writer
Roger Barlow
Camera Operator
Pare Lorentz
Writer
Aaron Copland
Original Music Composer
Edward Anhalt
Camera Operator
Rudolph Bretz
Camera Operator
Oscar Serlin
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
social commentary
urban planning
Wiki.
The City is a pioneering short documentary film from 1939 that contrasts the problems of the contemporary urban environment with the superior social and physical conditions that can be provided in a planned community. It was directed and photographed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke based on a treatment by Lewis Mumford, which was in turn based on an outline by Pare Lorentz. Aaron Copland wrote the musical score, and Morris Carnovsky provided the narration.
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