I'm doing a bit of research, maybe for a paper, on Corbusier's Chandigarh, and I am wondering if anyone here knows of any films (likely Bollywood) set in the city or that use, represent or visualise the architecture or planning in any way at all?
Cheers
Btw Vikramaditya Prakash's book Chandigargh's Le Corbuser (2002) is a really fine and scholarly read.
Really I am interested in finding out about contemporary responses to the 'moment' of Chandigarh in India's post-independence history. I thought contemporary film may reveal, even if not its explicit topic, attitudes toward Corbusian modernity as it is manifested there.
I hope you know what I mean. Did you have another idea?
Btw I'm also keen on the way cinematic production 'reads' buildings more generally, so any other instances of this are welcome: Godard's Contempt is a good example, Cronenberg's Shivers, the movie 'Candyman', or Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (incidentally one of the candidates on Zizek's list for the worst movie of all time).
Also sorry I spelt Chandigarh with two gs on the post
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I'm doing a bit of research, maybe for a paper, on Corbusier's Chandigarh, and I am wondering if anyone here knows of any films (likely Bollywood) set in the city or that use, represent or visualise the architecture or planning in any way at all?
Cheers
Btw Vikramaditya Prakash's book Chandigargh's Le Corbuser (2002) is a really fine and scholarly read.
IMDB lists only five...
Thanks, aemkei. That was useful.
citadel, what topics are you looking to discuss?
Really I am interested in finding out about contemporary responses to the 'moment' of Chandigarh in India's post-independence history. I thought contemporary film may reveal, even if not its explicit topic, attitudes toward Corbusian modernity as it is manifested there.
I hope you know what I mean. Did you have another idea?
Btw I'm also keen on the way cinematic production 'reads' buildings more generally, so any other instances of this are welcome: Godard's Contempt is a good example, Cronenberg's Shivers, the movie 'Candyman', or Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (incidentally one of the candidates on Zizek's list for the worst movie of all time).
Also sorry I spelt Chandigarh with two gs on the post
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