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Radiant City has been called a “hybrid documentary” combining elements of non-fiction, disguised fiction and self-reflexivity in its methods. The first three-quarters of the film appear to conform to standard documentary practices. Radiant City showcases experts in the fields of urban sprawl, urban planning and sociology who discuss what ...
Sep 2, 2009 · The characteristic of a sprawl city is the absence of any intelligence in design. The rest of the movie is about how and why families cope with life in this intelligence-less environment. It does that with a narrative that is refreshingly honest and modern, despite not depicting a real family. It is shot on location in the outskirts of Calgary ...
Radiant City is a 2006 Canadian film [2] written and directed by Gary Burns and Jim Brown. It is about the suburban sprawl and the Moss family's life in the suburbs. The film is openly critical towards suburban sprawl and its negative effects, being ironic and amusing at the same time. It was revealed to be a mockumentary at the end of the film ...
Radiant City: Directed by Jim Brown, Gary Burns. With Daniel Jeffery, Bob Legare, Jane MacFarlane, Ashleigh Fidyk. An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.
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- Documentary, Comedy, Drama
- Jim Brown, Gary Burns
- 2007-05-30
In this feature length film Gary Burns, Canada's king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the suburbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The Late Suburban Age. “Suburbia is the perfect setting for a zombie apocalypse.”.
Radiant City. Whether you call it sprawl or growth, the suburbs have been the dominant form of community planning in North America for more than fifty years. In their hybrid documentary Radiant City, Gary Burns and Jim Brown peer into the windows -- and lives – of those who call suburbia home. The Moss family is one such household.
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May 30, 2007 · Radiant City. Directed by Jim Brown, Gary Burns. Documentary, Comedy, Drama. 1h 33m. By Matt Zoller Seitz. May 30, 2007. “In some ways a suburban city can be understood as an intolerant city ...
