BERLIN (PART 1)—CITY AS STAGE: IMAGING A CITY
• Identify elements of the Berlin city image portrayed in the film Run Lola Run
BERLIN (PART 2)—THE INDUSTRIAL METROPOLIS ON THE EVE OF MODERNITY
• Identify elements of the city image portrayed in the film Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
• Discuss the urban issues identifiable in the film Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
PARIS (PART 1)—WALKING IN PARIS, CITY OF LOVE
• Identify elements of medieval and Grand Manner (Haussmann) urban form illustrated in the film Cléo from 5 to 7
• Discuss the walkable characteristics of 1960s Paris identifiable in the film Cléo from 5 to 7
PARIS (PART 2)—PARIS MEETS MODERNITY
• Identify the elements of modernist planning illustrated in the film Play Time
• Discuss how the film Play Time presents a critique of modernism, and its effect on cities and their inhabitants
LOS ANGELES (PART 1)—THE UNSTOPPABLE URBAN GROWTH MACHINE
• Identify the historical (in)accuracies portrayed in the fictional film Chinatown regarding suburban growth in LA
• Discuss how the concept of the urban growth machine is portrayed in the film Chinatown
LOS ANGELES (PART 2)—URBAN DECLINE AND ADAPTIVE REUSE IN A SEASIDE SLUM
• Describe how Venice went from “Coney Island of the Pacific” to seaside slum, as depicted in Dogtown and Z-Boys
• Discuss how the strategy of informal (unplanned) adaptive reuse is illustrated in the film Dogtown and Z-Boys
NEW YORK CITY (PART 1)—THE ALLURE OF THE CITY VS URBAN ALIENATION
• Identify the ways in which the allure of the city influenced the actions of Joe Buck in the film Midnight Cowboy
• Discuss how the concept of urban alienation in the big city is portrayed in the film Midnight Cowboy
NEW YORK CITY (PART 2)—THE URBAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
• Describe the harsh realities of the urban immigrant experience in New York City, as depicted in the film Entre Nos
• Discuss how the concepts of social capital (or lack of) and informal economies are illustrated in the film Entre Nos
RIO DE JANEIRO—YOUTH, POVERTY, AND SURVIVAL IN THE URBAN SLUM
• Describe how the physical conditions of public housing depicted in the film City of God left residents marginalized
• Discuss how the concept of upward mobility impacted the actions of residents of the favela in the film City of God
MEXICO CITY—SOCIAL DISCONFORMITY AND INEQUALITY IN THE NEOLIBERAL MEGACITY
• Discuss the physical structure and sociopolitical realities of Mexico City depicted in the film Güeros
• Identify examples of social disconformity, as well as social inequality, depicted in the film Güeros
RIYADH—MOBILITY, SUBURBAN ISOLATION, AND WOMEN
• Identify the physical, social, and cultural factors contributing to suburban isolation, as depicted in the film Wadjda
• Discuss how the concept of mobility impacted the actions of Wadjda and her mother in the film Wadjda
NEW URBANIST UTOPIAS AND THE LURE OF NEOTRADITIONALISM
• Identify the New Urbanist principles illustrated in the town of Seahaven (aka Seaside) in the film The Truman Show
• Discuss how the film The Truman Show presents a critique of neotraditionalism and the New Urbanism
DYSTOPIAN URBAN VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
• Identify the way in which privacy and security were handled in the dystopian urban vision portrayed in the film Brazil
• Discuss how contemporary cities do and do not exhibit the characteristics of the city illustrated in the film Brazil