The interaction between film and architecture is a way to display the relationship between city and home, public and private lives. Architecture is a key perspective to understand films. According to Wojcik (2018), the apartment is more than a setting but stimulates or shapes the narrative in some way. Apartment plots are narratives. It gives information about race, class, sexuality, nation, religion, capital and so on about elements of the film. And all these help to interpret the events, to define the characters for the audience. Architecture—the apartment, is shaped with urban subjects like sophistication, contact, porousness, and encounter in. It maps the protagonist’s identity into his or her spatial location(Wojcik, 2018).
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Reference:
Wojcik, P. R. (2018). What Makes the Apartment Complex? In Urban Living and Global Screen Cultures (pp. 1-20), edited by Wojcik, P. R. Durham: Duke University Press.
A fantastic reflection to Wojcik’s reading. You have clearly articulated the relationship between architecture and film, and its multilayered roles in this visual art form. In particular how it contributes to character development, but also brings the urban life inside, thereby interiorizing the events, relationships and issues. Well done!