The reading shows cities in films in a concise yet detailed approach, exploring all of the different functions that help the city work. I find it interesting that most of the cities within the film are set in a post-apocalyptic world, and they are constantly mobile, a city that holds the last trace of humanity traversing across a ruined world. This setting can help spawn a lot of unconventional cities that are beyond our imagination, but the creators always seem to draw references from real cities, for example, the class disparity and mistreatment of the lower class within the moving train in Snowpiercer, or the city within the water in Armada’s nomadic city which the creator took reference from Venice.
While these cities seem unrealistic, they can offer a commentary on real problems within real-life cities, as well as stretch our imagination of the future.
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Good Summary. I wonder why the directors would opt for a fictional city instead of a real city when they comment on real social problems?