Urban Planning Film & Discussion Series: Two Silent City Romps

Building 3, 3-133

Urban Planning Film Seminar screening/discussion.Urban Planning Film Series Thur April 11 @ 6pm MIT Room 3-133People on Sunday (Siodmak, 1929) This effervescent, sunlit silent, about a handful of city dwellers (a charming cast of nonprofessionals) enjoying a weekend outing, offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin. A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, People on Sunday was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world. (Silent, 73 minutes)Preceded by:À propos de Nice (Vigo, 1930) Jean Vigo was twenty-five when he made this, his debut film, a silent cinematic poem that reveals, through a thrilling and ironic use of montage, the economic reality hidden behind the facade of the Mediterranean resort town of Nice. (Silent, 23 minutes)