5 Films that Critique Modern Architecture

Of all arts, there is one that is truly capable of embracing architecture, and that is the cinema. The ability to represent spaces, moving in the course of time, brings cinema closer to architecture in a way that goes beyond the limitations of painting, sculpture, music - for a long time considered to be the art closest to ours - and even of dance. Both in cinema and in architecture space is a key subject, and although they deal with it in different ways, they converge by providing a bodily - and not only visual - experience of the built environment.

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One of the many links between these two fields lies in the critique of the space provided by the cinema. Namely, the critique of architecture. A variety of film productions, released since the Lumière, deal with representations of the city and architecture through the screen, and, many of them are dedicated to doing so in a critical manner, by casting a disbelieving or provocative look at the current architectural production.

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Cite: Baratto, Romullo. "5 Films that Critique Modern Architecture" [Da casa à cidade: 5 filmes para entender a crítica da arquitetura moderna] 18 Jan 2023. ArchDaily. (Trans. Duduch, Tarsila) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/918018/5-films-that-critique-modern-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967). Via film screenshot

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