Film and Urbanism Film Review by ResearchRiter
Film and Urbanism
An analysis of urbanism in Martin Scorcese's film "Taxi Driver".
# 124692
| 1,000 words
| 9 sources
| APA
| 2008
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Published
on Dec 01, 2008
in
Environmental Studies
(Urban Issues)
, Film
(Analysis, Criticism, Etc.)
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Description:
The paper discusses the film "Taxi Driver" in terms of its relation to urbanism and the theories of Louis Wirth.
From the Paper:
"Expanding populations coupled with economic development led to the creation of the modern city characterized by Andrew J. Swensen as a place of the disequilibrium and discontents, so well defined by the likes of Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Walter Benjamin and Sigmund Freud. The city is a labyrinth characterized by frenzy which Swensen sees as magnifying temptations and vice, with the overcrowding and other effects of industrialization, creating a social norm that is cynically indifferent, along with an urban mentality that..."Cite this Film Review:
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Film and Urbanism (2008, December 01)
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"Film and Urbanism" 01 December 2008.
Web. 19 January. 2021. <https://www.academon.com/film-review/film-and-urbanism-124692/>