Comments on: Ten Great Movies for Placemakers http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/ Placemaking for Communities Tue, 14 May 2013 09:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Harry Varney http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97796 Harry Varney Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97796 Local Hero – very much about place and the characters it creates.

]]> By: Project for Public Spaces | Best of the Blog: Top 12 PPS Posts of 2012 http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97789 Project for Public Spaces | Best of the Blog: Top 12 PPS Posts of 2012 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:18:30 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97789 [...] 10 Great Movies for Placemakers [...]

]]> By: kari_sinkko http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97645 kari_sinkko Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97645 What about movies that actually talk about Urban Design & Placemaking. There’s New Town (1948), Radiant city(2006), Urbanized (2011) and My Playground by Kaspar Astrup Schröder. Of course, a list of locations that are well designed and used in film is exhaustive so where do you draw that line. Gattaca, Aeon Flux even Star Wars depict placemaking.

]]> By: Ottergoof http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97315 Ottergoof Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97315  Yes, the film was released in 1946, but it was based on a novella by Philip Van Doren Stern, called “The Greatest Gift” which was completed and first published independently in 1943, but which had been in draft form since the late 1930s.  It is entirely plausible that the film nad the story it is based on, are set in the early 1930s, prior to the 1933 establishment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.  The FDIC of course was created to help prevent the very sort of runs on banks that were prevalent in the early part of the Great Depression.

]]> By: Shaun Prestridge http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97280 Shaun Prestridge Thu, 24 May 2012 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97280 I know its not a movie but a great TV is Hey Arnold as farr a kids growing up safely and comfortably in a urban environment

]]> By: Kushal infra http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97276 Kushal infra Wed, 23 May 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97276 very nice blog…. i like this blog. Thank for post.

]]> By: More Great Movies for Placemakers « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97219 More Great Movies for Placemakers « Project for Public Spaces - Placemaking for Communities Fri, 11 May 2012 14:42:51 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97219 [...] (52) Related Articles // Ten Great Movies for PlacemakersThe Placemakers Guide to Transportation: PPS ToolsCommunity Placemakers: Newell Nussbaumer and [...]

]]> By: Plantanbanda http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97218 Plantanbanda Tue, 01 May 2012 02:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97218 I loved Be Kind Rewind, when the neighborhood begin to participate in the movies, that is a very good example of citizen participation

]]> By: Dhoffmanhousing http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97217 Dhoffmanhousing Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97217 Can we stop with, “It’s a Wonderful Life?” This movie was made in 1946, by then we knew that if the bank’s money had been stolen, FDIC would have insured all deposits and all those homes would have been built (probably furthering sprawl) because FHA would insure all of those mortgages. No “angel” nor friendly banker was needed. What was needed was FDR fortunately the nation had one, we could use another.

]]> By: Esullivan http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97216 Esullivan Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97216  ’The Fall’ by Tarsem Singh

http://www.thefallthemovie.com/

]]> By: Daniel Latorre http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97215 Daniel Latorre Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97215 Wenders! Great suggestion. Almost all of his films evoke the place contexts of his characters. The cross-cultural under current of “Paris, Texas” being the pivot point in his work.

]]> By: Daniel Latorre http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97214 Daniel Latorre Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97214  Perfect one for a double feature with Brazil. On another tone, there’s this awesome recent French film that takes place almost entirely in a small neighborhood park and a hardware store in Paris… and I… just. can’t. remember. the. name.

]]> By: Tiago Oliveira http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97212 Tiago Oliveira Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97212 Have you seen Lisbon Story, by Wim Wenders?
A movie about the soul of a City and the wonder of its People and Places.

]]> By: Tiago Oliveira http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97213 Tiago Oliveira Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97213 Have you seen Lisbon Story, by Wim Wenders?
A movie about the soul of a City and the wonder of its People and Places.

]]> By: Dbpankratz http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97211 Dbpankratz Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97211 Ugandan marketplace at end of “Mississippi Masala” 

]]> By: Dbpankratz http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97210 Dbpankratz Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97210 Woody Allen’s “Manhattan”

]]> By: Hollydthompson http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97209 Hollydthompson Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97209 I definitely noticed the settings in Hugo and LOVED them!

]]> By: Todd http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97207 Todd Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97207 :Before Sunrise” & “Before Sunset”

]]> By: Todd http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97208 Todd Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97208 :Before Sunrise” & “Before Sunset”

]]> By: Julieta http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97204 Julieta Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97204 I loved Before Sunset with the protagonists walking though the beautiful Paris. When I saw it I thought “What amazing city for walking, and what a great movie that makes you enjoy the places even without knowing them!.”

]]> By: Julieta http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97205 Julieta Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97205 I loved Before Sunset with the protagonists walking though the beautiful Paris. When I saw it I thought “What amazing city for walking, and what a great movie that makes you enjoy the places even without knowing them!.”

]]> By: Julieta http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97206 Julieta Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97206 I loved Before Sunset with the protagonists walking though the beautiful Paris. When I saw it I thought “What amazing city for walking, and what a great movie that makes you enjoy the places even without knowing them!.”

]]> By: Cindy FrewenWuellner http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97203 Cindy FrewenWuellner Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97203 Films showcase cities. Blade Runner gets my vote too. How abt Hitchcock? North by Northwest for the Mount Rushmore scenes, Rear Window for the urban courtyard and apt connection, Vertigo for SF/Golden Gate.NYC say Annie Hall or Moonlighting. London, Trainspotting, among many. Midnight in Paris, luscious.  

]]> By: Lloyd Alter http://www.pps.org/blog/ten-great-movies-for-placemakers/comment-page-1/#comment-97201 Lloyd Alter Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.pps.org/?p=74305#comment-97201 It’s a Wonderful Life? Where George Bailey builds a subdivision and moves Mr. Martini out of his racially mixed urban neighborhood and into Bailey Park? And “ a walkable downtown to beat the band.”? Pottersville had a band. Bedford Falls was a snore.

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