Topic: "Urbanized" comes to Dayton

[Jeffery]

This film was made by the same guy who did Helvetica from a few years ago, which is a pretty good documentary treatment on an sort of specialized or obscure subject...using the history of a typeface as an introduction to "visual culture" (AKA "graphic design").

Urbanized

Director Gary Hustwit has an impressive track record when it comes to exploring the world of design. His popular essay films Helvetica and Objectified profiled the mak­ers of graphics and household objects, respectively, by combining smart interviews with stylish cinematography. His latest film completes a design trilogy and hits even closer to home by looking at cities. In Urbanized, we meet architects, politicians, city planners, activists and others who bring fresh approaches to urban living. The film presents invigorating new strategies for meeting the challenges faced by popula­tions that are expanding (like Mumbai) and shrinking (like Detroit)


...and it will be showing at the Neon Movies on Wed, May 9th, at 7 PM.

Maybe an impromptu field trip for local UO folks....

[edale]

I saw a screening of this a couple months ago. Brilliant film! I highly recommend it to anyone interested in cities and urban planning.

[ColDayMan]

I'd totally go but I'm out of town that Wednesday .

[8ShadesofGray]

Awesome urban nerd film. Saw it when it screened at the Cinematheque. Closest you get to Ohio is the obligatory 5 mins. for the design challenges of Detroit ... That part was actually pretty haunting, I thought. You guys'll love it!