Movie

The City

1939 · 44 min

A stately, symphonic essay that moves from smoky industrial gloom to sunlit green hope, asking you to think rather than feel.

Overview: A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, satirical and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Class, environment, isolation, family
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
environment
isolation
family
politics
Places: big city
suburbs
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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