Documentary · United States of America · 1939 · 44m

The City

The City poster
Director
Willard Van DykeRalph Steiner
Cast
Morris Carnovsky as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Ralph Steiner — Director of Photography Willard Van Dyke — Director of Photography Theodore Lawrence — Editor Aaron Copland — Original Music Composer Henwar Rodakiewicz — Writer Pare Lorentz — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
social commentaryurban planning
Key Collaborators
Willard Van Dyke Director Ralph Steiner Director Ralph Steiner Director of Photography Willard Van Dyke Director of Photography Theodore Lawrence Editor Aaron Copland Original Music Composer Henwar Rodakiewicz Writer Pare Lorentz Writer Lewis Mumford Writer
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