urbanized

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| name = Urbanized

| image = Urbanized-film-poster.jpg

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| director = Gary Hustwit

| producer = Gary Hustwit
Lucy Raven

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| starring =

| music = Kristian Dunn

| cinematography = Luke Geissbühler

| editing = Shelby Siegel
Michael Culyba

| studio = Swiss Dots

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| released = {{Film date|2011|10|26|}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Urbanized is a documentary film directed by Gary Hustwit and released on 26 October 2011.{{cite web|title=Urbanized (2011)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1701976/|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-04-28}} It is considered the third of a three-part series on design known as the Design Trilogy; the first being Helvetica, about the typeface, and the second being Objectified, about industrial design.{{cite web|title=The Design Trilogy Box Set|url=http://www.hustwit.com/the-design-trilogy-box-set/|website=Hustwit.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143315/http://www.hustwit.com/the-design-trilogy-box-set/|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news | last1=Scott|first1=A.O.| date=2011-10-27| work=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/movies/gary-hustwits-urbanized-review.html | title= The Design of Cities, Intelligent or Otherwise | access-date=2020-04-28}}{{cite web|title=Cities for Human Occupation|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/urbanized-2011|website=RogerEbert.com|date=2011-11-02|access-date=2020-04-28}}{{cite web|title=Urbanized|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/urbanized|website=TimeOut|access-date=2020-04-28}} The documentary discusses how cities are designed, and it features interviews with urban planners and architects, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Jan Gehl.{{cite news | last1=Mazmanian|first1=Adam| date=2011-10-05| work=Architect: The Journal of the American Institute of Architects| url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/urbanized_o | title= Urbanized | access-date=2020-04-28}}

Marketing

To promote the documentary, Hustwit commissioned a set of four limited edition posters based on four themes related to urban design.{{cite news | last1=LaBarre|first1=Suzanne| date=2011-02-02| work=Fast Company| url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1663152/gary-hustwit-prints-posters-to-raise-cash-for-next-film-urbanized | title= Gary Hustwit Prints Posters to Raise Cash for Next Film, "Urbanized" | access-date=2020-04-28}}

Reception

The film was well received by critics.{{cite news|title = Urbanized|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango Media|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/urbanized_2011|access-date=April 28, 2020}} Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "an undertaking on an impressive scale" while suggesting that the documentary could have used more interviews of ordinary people. Writing for The New York Times, A.O. Scott compared the film to "a really good class taught by a team of enthusiastic professors," although he noted "a distinct bias in favor of [Jane Jacobs]-influenced new urbanism and against other approaches to city planning." TimeOut, meanwhile, called Urbanized "gorgeously photographed" while praising the film's interviews and Hustwit's ability "to make even the most banal of cityscapes appear appealingly utopian."

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.hustwit.com/urbanized}}
{{IMDb title|id=1701976}}

Category:2011 documentary films

Category:2011 films

Category:American documentary films

Category:American independent films

Category:Documentary films about urban studies

Category:Documentary films about the visual arts

Category:Films directed by Gary Hustwit

Category:Kickstarter-funded documentaries

Category:2010s English-language films

Category:2010s American films

Category:English-language documentary films