Film Architecture: Use of Sets

Films Discussed:

The Man with the Movie Camera (1929); Images provided by VUFKU.

Solaris (1972); Images provided by Creative Unit of Writers & Cinema Workers.

The Shining (1980); Images provided by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The Wall (1982); Images provided by Goldcrest Films International.

Lisbon Story (1994); Images provided by Madragoa Filmes.

Cube (1997); Images provided by Cube Libre.

Paprika (2006); Images provided by Madhouse.

Paris Je T’aime (2006); Images provided by Victoires International.

Renaissance 2006); Images provided by Onyx Films.

Affron, Charles and Mirella Jona. Sets in Motion: Art Direction and Film Narrative. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

Dawson, M. “Andrei Tarkovsky: Solaris | Left Field Cinema”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.leftfieldcinema.com/andrei-tarkovsky-solaris

Felperin, Leslie. “Paprika Review – Read Variety’s Analysis Of The Movie Paprika”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931477.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Lamster, Mark. Architecture and Film. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.

Maslin, Janet. “Movie Review – Lisbon Story – A City, a Sound and the Cinema in Mutual Thrall – NYTimes.com”. December, 2009
URL: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E2DA163DF932A3575BC0A961958260

Mateos-Aparicio, Angel. “The Symbolism of Synthetic Space in Cube (1997): Postmodern Film as Consensual Hallucination”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.publicacions.ub.es/revistes/ejecuta_descarga.asp?codigo=587

Neumann, Dietrich. Film Architecture: From Metropolis to Blade Runner. New York: Prestel, 1999.

Pallasmaa, Juhani. The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema. Helsinki: Rakennustieto Publishing, 2007.

Pappas, Jim. “The Trades – Movie Review: Paris, je t’aime”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5516

Tracey, Grant. “Images – Man With a Movie Camera”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/reviews/vertov.htm

Urick, Bret. “A Complete Analysis of Pink Floyd’s The Wall”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.thewallanalysis.com/

Wolfe, Rachel. “IndyScribe: Movie Review: Renaissance”. December, 2009.
URL: http://www.indyscribe.com/film_tv/movie_review_renaissance.html

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