| Popis: |
The ‘cinematic urban archaeology’ approach provides the starting point for the exploration of material from Battersea films alongside the Survey of London’s (SoL) research, in an attempt to answer the question raised by Raban; how do feature films reveal the ‘soft’ illusions, myths, aspirations and nightmares of city dwellers? Directors and cinematographers use space to express character and atmosphere; interiors and exteriors are selected, lit and shot to communicate the cultural environment incisively. How are Battersea and its people depicted? Locations also speak for themselves, recording people’s homes and how they inhabit them, the iconic elements emphasised by set decorators. They show public buildings, centres of commerce and entertainment, and the flow of people and traffic. The two volumes on Battersea published by Yale University Press by the SoL (2013) offers a counterpoint perspective on the films under consideration. |
