Radiant City

May 30 2007 N/A 1h 33m
Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia

Plot

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America have grown, the suburbs. In these artificial neighborhoods, there is a sense of careless sprawl in an car dominated culture that ineffectually tries to create the more organically grown older communities. Interspersed with the comments of various experts about the nature of suburbia, we follow the lives of various inhabitants of this pervasive urban sprawl and hear their thoughts. However at the end, there is a twist that plays on the falseness of the world in they live.

Written by

Gary Burns, Jim Brown

Directed by

Jim Brown, Gary Burns

Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

Burns Film Ltd., ONF | NFB

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
505
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
60
Popularity
NA