Benjamin Critton
Evil People in Modernist Homes in Popular Films
New Haven, USA: Draw Down Books, 2013
24 pp., 11.5 × 15 in., newsprint
Second Edition
An investigation into the representation of modernist architecture in popular film, reflecting on the convention of associating evil characters and events with modern buildings, and also, more generally, on the relation between cinema and architecture. A series of film stills, quotes and accompanying texts point to examples in The Damned Don't Cry (1950), Diamonds are Forever (1971), Blade Runner (1982), Body Double (1984), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), and Twilight (2008). Designed by Critton, the publication includes essays by Steve Rose, Jon Yoder, and Joseph Rosa.
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