Movable city refers to moving, machine-like cities. The cities tried to produce and sustain on its own and the people there as well. One of the forms of these cities is a train on a trail. These movable cities usually plotted on dystopian contest, like environmental crisis and mass destruction etc. Fictional cities are self-sustaining and fragile. For example, the train city in Snowpiercer cannot live without the engine in front of the train. So, the city may depend on certain object a lot.Also, dystopian meanings like extreme social stratification and monopoly of power can be added into these contexts which make the plot very shocking. Also, these movies give alarming irony and criticism to people. For example, we have to protect out cities and environment in fear of uncontrolled crisis. So, the movie not just carry entertainment purpose but take on educational meanings.
Siew Ming Ho Iwan
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You provided a good summary of the key points in Abbott’s essay. I also appreciated your observations of the effect of such films on the audience’s emotions. Do you think that film is an effective medium to deliver these educational messages? Why or why not?