Film Discussion: Cities in Film

When:
February 2, 2017 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
2017-02-02T17:30:00+00:00
2017-02-02T18:45:00+00:00
Where:
Stanford House
Stanford House
65 High St, Oxford OX1 4EL
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Nicholas Bunnin, Stephanie Solywoda, Roxana Baiasu

FILMS: Peter Travis, Dredd (2012) and Ernie Gehr, Side/Walk/Shuttle (1991)

Speakers

Michael Piggott, Associate Professor of Video Art and Digital Media, University of Warwick

Peter Winn-Kirby, Research Fellow in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University

Chair
Roxana Baiasu, Associate Member of the Philosophy Faculty, Oxford University and Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at the Stanford Center in Oxford

The Discussion is preceded by a film showing at 4:00 pm at the Stanford House, but the films are also available online.

Films about cities are both part of the modern urban experience and a mode of reflecting on that experience. Over the last century both cinema and cities have been in flux. What have we learned from films that explore cities? About cities? About films? About tradition? About modernity? About reality? About beauty? About ugliness? About living? About ourselves? About making sense of any of all of these?