City Life (1990) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Each short is set during one week and refers to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the recurrent attempts to raise her. Krzysztof Kieslowski's short, "Seven Days a Week," follows six Warsaw natives, one each day, through their daily rituals. At breakfast on the seventh day, it becomes clear that

Cast & Crew

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Tato Kotetishvili

Director (Tbilissi - "Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil")

Manuel Alminana

Producer (Barcelona - "Eulalia: Marta April 1988")

Shashi Anand

Cinematography (Calcutta - "Calcutta, My Eldorado")

Julio Calasso Jr.

Producer (Sao Paolo - "Disorder In Progress")

Bara Dionkhane

Cinematography (Dakar - "Dakar: Clando")

Gerardo Gormezano

Cinematography (Barcelona - "Eulalia: Marta April 1988")

Film Details

Also Known As

Disorder in Progress, Last Boat, The, Poleshift, Seven Days a Week, Short Film About Nothing, A, Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil, Unheavenly City, Urban Jungles

Genre

Experimental

Release Date

1990

Production Company

Cineimage; City Life Foundation; Gosteleradio; Mame Yanda Films; Rotterdam Films; Southwestern Alternate Media Project

Distribution Company

Eye International

Location

Randstad, Netherlands; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Bueno Aires, Argentina; Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet Union; Warsaw, Poland; Calcutta, India; Hamburg, West Germany; Dakar, Senegal; Houston, Texas, USA; Budapest, Hungary; Bevagna, Italy; Barcelona, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 50m

Synopsis

Each short is set during one week and refers to the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and the recurrent attempts to raise her. Krzysztof Kieslowski's short, "Seven Days a Week," follows six Warsaw natives, one each day, through their daily rituals. At breakfast on the seventh day, it becomes clear that they happen to be members of the same family.

Directors

Tato Kotetishvili

Director (Tbilissi - "Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil")

Carlos Reichenbach

Director (Sao Paolo - "Disorder In Progress")

Eagle Penell

Director (Houston - "Unheavenly City")

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Director (Warsaw - "Seven Days A Week")

Alejandro Agresti

Director ("Buenos Aires - "A Short Film About Nothing")

Dick Rijneke

Director (Randstad - "Urban Jungles")

Mildred Van Leeuwaarden

Director (Randstad - "Urban Jungles")

Béla Tarr

Director (Budapest - "The Last Boat")

Gabor Altorjay

Director (Hamburg - "Poleshift")

Jose Luis Guerín

Director (Barcelona - "Eulalia: Marta April 1988")

Ousmane William M'baye

Director (Dakar - "Dakar: Clando")

Mrinal Sen

Director (Calcutta - "Calcutta, My Eldorado")

Crew

Manuel Alminana

Producer (Barcelona - "Eulalia: Marta April 1988")

Shashi Anand

Cinematography (Calcutta - "Calcutta, My Eldorado")

Julio Calasso Jr.

Producer (Sao Paolo - "Disorder In Progress")

Bara Dionkhane

Cinematography (Dakar - "Dakar: Clando")

Gerardo Gormezano

Cinematography (Barcelona - "Eulalia: Marta April 1988")

Jan Heijs

Levie Isaacks

Cinematography (Houston - "Unheavenly City")

Joerg Jeshel

Cinematographer

Clemens Klopfenstein

Producer (Bevagna - "Stones, Storm And Water")

Clemens Klopfenstein

Cinematography (Bevagna - "Stones, Storm And Water")

Jozsef Marx

Producer (Budapest - "The Last Boat")

Gabor Medvigy

Cinematography (Budapest - "The Last Boat")

Dato Meparishvili

Cinematography (Tbilissi - "Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil")

Eagle Penell

Producer (Houston - "Unheavenly City")

Jacek Petrycki

Producer (Warsaw - "Seven Days A Week")

Jacek Petrycki

Cinematography (Warsaw - "Seven Days A Week")

Carlos Reichenbach

Cinematography (Sao Paolo - "Disorder In Progress")

Dick Rijneke

Cinematography (Randstad - "Urban Jungles")

Dick Rijneke

Nestor Sanz

Cinematography (Buenos Aires - "A Short Film About Nothing")

Mrinal Sen

Producer (Calcutta - "Calcutta, My Eldorado")

Mario Steenbergen

Mildred Van Leeuwaarden

Film Details

Also Known As

Disorder in Progress, Last Boat, The, Poleshift, Seven Days a Week, Short Film About Nothing, A, Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil, Unheavenly City, Urban Jungles

Genre

Experimental

Release Date

1990

Production Company

Cineimage; City Life Foundation; Gosteleradio; Mame Yanda Films; Rotterdam Films; Southwestern Alternate Media Project

Distribution Company

Eye International

Location

Randstad, Netherlands; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Bueno Aires, Argentina; Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet Union; Warsaw, Poland; Calcutta, India; Hamburg, West Germany; Dakar, Senegal; Houston, Texas, USA; Budapest, Hungary; Bevagna, Italy; Barcelona, Spain

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 50m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in Netherlands January 26, 1990

Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Forum of Young Cinema) February 9-20, 1990.

Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 12-25, 1991.

Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (Cinema of Today and Tomorrow) August 23-September 3, 1990.

Shown at Rotterdam Film Festival January 25, 1990.

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This film is made up of twelve short films organized into two parts. Part I includes "Thou Shalt Not Speak Evil" "Disorder in Progress" "Unheavenly City" "Seven Days a Week" "A Short Film About Killing" and "Urban Jungles." Part II includes "The Last Boat" "Poleshift" "Eulalia: Marta April 1988" "Dakar: Clando" "Stones, Storm and Water" and "Calcutta, My Eldorado."

Released in Netherlands January 26, 1990

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