Urbanized

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Urbanized
Directed byGary Hustwit
Produced byGary Hustwit
Lucy Raven
CinematographyLuke Geissbühler
Edited byShelby Siegel
Michael Culyba
Music byKristian Dunn
Production
company
Swiss Dots
Release date
  • October 26, 2011 (2011-10-26)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Urbanized is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011.[1] It is considered the third of a three-part series on design known as the Design Trilogy; the first being Helvetica, about the typeface, and the second being Objectified, about industrial design.[2][3][4][5] The documentary discusses how cities are designed, and it features interviews with urban planners and architects, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Jan Gehl.[1][3][6]

Marketing

To promote the documentary, Hustwit commissioned a set of four limited edition posters based on four themes related to urban design.[7]

Reception

The film was well received by critics.[8] Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "an undertaking on an impressive scale" while suggesting that the documentary could have used more interviews of ordinary people.[4] Writing for The New York Times, A.O. Scott compared the film to "a really good class taught by a team of enthusiastic professors," although he noted "a distinct bias in favor of [Jane Jacobs]-influenced new urbanism and against other approaches to city planning."[3] TimeOut, meanwhile, called Urbanized "gorgeously photographed" while praising the film's interviews and Hustwit's ability "to make even the most banal of cityscapes appear appealingly utopian."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Urbanized (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Design Trilogy Box Set". Hustwit.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Scott, A.O. (October 27, 2011). "The Design of Cities, Intelligent or Otherwise". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Cities for Human Occupation". RogerEbert.com. November 2, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Urbanized". TimeOut. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Mazmanian, Adam (October 5, 2011). "Urbanized". Architect: The Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  7. ^ LaBarre, Suzanne (February 2, 2011). "Gary Hustwit Prints Posters to Raise Cash for Next Film, "Urbanized"". Fast Company. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Urbanized". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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