Book review: The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes
Book review: The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes
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书评：火车上的风景：城市和其他风景
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2013
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P. Keiller
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P. Keiller
“鲁滨逊相信，如果他足够努力地观察，他可以使城市的表面向他揭示历史事件的‘分子’基础，他希望通过这种方式看到未来。”在他的一系列电影中，帕特里克·凯勒追溯了我们生活的地方，我们日常生活中的城市和风景的隐藏故事。现在，在这本精彩的文集中，他提供了一个关于英国如何运作和看待自身的新视角。他讨论了他作品的背景及其发展——从超现实主义到2008年后的经济灾难——并详细阐述了这些电影所揭示的内容。这些文章引用了包括本杰明和列斐伏尔在内的作家，讲述了他自20世纪70年代末以来的职业生涯，探索的主题包括对城市的超现实主义感知；建筑与电影的关系；城市如何随时间变化，电影如何表现这一点；以及对涉及历史人物、意想不到的想法和危机后英国的紧急肖像的跨国旅行的描述。
"Robinson believed that, if he looked at it hard enough, he could cause the surface of the city to reveal to him the "molecular" basis of historical events, and in this way he hoped to see into the future." In his sequence of films, Patrick Keiller retraces the hidden story of the places where we live, the cities and landscapes of our everyday lives. Now, in this brilliant collection of essays, he offers a new perspective on how Britain works and sees itself. He discusses the background to his work and its development - from surrealism to post-2008 economic catastrophe - and expands on what the films reveal. Referencing writers including Benjamin and Lefebvre, the essays follow his career since the late 1970s, exploring themes including the surrealist perception of the city; the relationship of architecture and film; how cities change over time, and how films represent this; as well as accounts of cross-country journeys involving historical figures, unexpected ideas and an urgent portrait of post-crash Britain.