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How about 'City of God' (Ciudad de Deus) for a generalised look at life in Brazilian favelas? Or Doreen Massey's excellent film on Mexico City (1996) 'Who owns the city?' (I think..). Inspector Morse for a completely hideous and fake representation of Oxford, or is that going a bit far...? Jon Cloke From: David Popey <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: David Popey <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: global cities in film? Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:54:48 +0100 Michael Winterbottom's 'Wonderland' (1994) is also provides a very good take on London, as does Patrick Keiller's docu-fiction 'London' (1994). David Popey -----Original Message----- From: A forum for critical and radical geographers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Makagon Sent: 24 June 2005 17:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: global cities in film? You might check out City of God (set in Brazil) and Code Unkown (set in Paris, but highlighting the changing face of that city in light of changes in Europe more generally). Like La Haine, Code Unknown focuses on tensions but I think broadens some of those tensions to include more forms of exploitation and suffering. I know that might sound a bit harsh (or hard for students to digest) but it really is a good film. You might also take a look at Michael Winterbottom's last film (can't remember the title but it's about a 14-year-old who is trying to get to London from Afghanistan). It's shot with a documentary style which makes the story feel more brutal, but again, a good film. There isn't one city in this film, per se, but a lot of different cities--moving from the global city to the city within globalization. Hope some of that helps. Take care. Daniel ______________ Daniel Makagon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies Department of Humanities Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 (906) 487-3093 http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~dmakagon On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm teaching a undergrad/grad seminar on global cities in the Fall, and am > looking for a couple/few good films to show during the course of the > semester. Any recommendations? > > In the past I've used the French film "La Haine" (set in Paris) and "La > Cuidad" (New York) for this sort of thing, but am looking for something > new. Topic and regional focus is pretty much wide-open. > > Bruce >