The City DVD, 1939

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Film Description

Made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair (“The World of Tomorrow”), The City is a seminal documentary film distinguished for the organic integration of narration (scripted by city planner Lewis Mumford), cinematography (Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke), and music (Aaron Copland). The score, arguably Copland’s highest achievement in film, was also his ticket to Hollywood; it has been called “an astonishing missing link not only in the genesis of Copland’s Americana style but in American music and cinema” by Mark Swed of The Los Angeles Times.

As Copland created no suite from The City, the present marks the first recording of this music in its entirety other than the original film.

Film Information

Director - Ralph Steiner, Willard van Dyke

Produced - 1939

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - American film

DVD Details

Certificate:	E	Publisher:	NAXOS	Region:	2
Length:	mins	Cat No:	2110231
Format:	DVD B&W

DVD Extras

The City with the original soundtrack (1939) featuring Morris Carnovsky (narrator) and an orchestra conducted by Max Goberman
Which Playground for your Child: Greenbelt or Gutter (a documentary film from the Greenbelt Museum featuring interviews with three Greenbelt pioneers
George Stoney in Conversation with Joseph Horowitz (2007): a legendary documentary film-maker revisits The City.