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Urbanscapes (2005)

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Synopsis: URBANSCAPES is an intimate portrait of the margins of urban America, a fresco of its forgotten corners whose voice has remained unheard for decades. The film takes place in four different cities, Chicago, Detroit, New York and Newark, and features a total of 6 different characters who... URBANSCAPES is an intimate portrait of the margins of urban America, a fresco of its forgotten corners whose voice has remained unheard for decades. The film takes place in four different cities, Chicago, Detroit, New York and Newark, and features a total of 6 different characters who have witnessed the dramatic transformation of their neighborhoods. The documentary opens as the personal obsession of a solitary photographer, Camilo J. Vergara, who has kept track of the fate of American cities for over 30 years. Soon, through the eyes of residents and artists who have witnessed the dramatic transformation of their neighborhoods, the film reveals the urban landscape of today: its chaos, its offbeat beauty, its repulsive and seductive details. The film follows Vergara and others who have chronicled the city's changes on their spiritual journeys through their cities. [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Lorena Luciano

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The directors compromise a subtle and clever argument with a tacked-on discussion of the collapse of the Twin Towers.

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10/21/06
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine
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The documentary Urbanscapes plants a camera in neighborhoods gone to seed, cultivating a bittersweet portrait of American ruin.

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07/07/06
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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Occasionally undercuts its own purpose by offering harshly minimalist, meticulously framed images -- underscored by everything from Mozart and Bach to Eminem and Motown -- that achieve, almost perversely, a stark, stripped-to-essentials splendor.

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07/11/06
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Urbanscapes analyzes urban blight as a recurring phenomenon, with economic, social, and moral dimensions.

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07/07/06
Dennis Lim
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