Radiant City

My art history class watched this locally made movie as part of our theme on place and identity. I thought it was mostly just OK and by the end of the film I felt manipulated as a viewer. About halfway through it becomes apparent that there's something not quite right with the subject of the film, the Moss family, and that the film is more of a mockumentary than a documentary. The title comes from the title of Le Corbusier's 1935 book on urbanism.

Interspersed with scenes from the daily life of the suburban family is commentary from authors and experts on urban planning, including the very amusing James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency. Less of the family and more of the experts would have been more interesting to me.

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