| Drive: Journeys Through Film, Cities and Landscapes Contributor(s): Borden, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780230265 ISBN-13: 9781780230269 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - History - Art | Film & Video - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.481 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 7.9" (1.20 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The open road"--it's a phrase that calls to mind a sense of freedom, adventure, and new possibilities that make driving one of our most liberating activities. In Drive, Iain Borden explores the way driving allows us to encounter landscapes and cities around the world. He takes particular notice of how driving is portrayed in film from America to Europe to Asia and from Hollywood to the avant-garde, covering over a century of history and referencing hundreds of movies. From the dusty landscapes of The Grapes of Wrath to the city streets of The Italian Job; from the aesthetic delights of Rain Man and Traffic to the existential musings of Thelma and Louise and Vanishing Point;from the freeway pleasures of Radio On and London Orbital to the high-speed dangers of Crash, Bullitt, and C' tait un Rendezvous; this book shows how driving with different speeds, cars, roads, and cities provides experiences and challenges beyond compare. Borden concludes that as an integral part of modern life, car driving is something to be celebrated and even encouraged, making Drive a timely riposte to anti-car attitudes, and those blind to the richness of life behind the wheel. |
Contributor Bio(s): Borden, Iain: - Iain Borden is professor of architecture and urban culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. He is the author of many books, including Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body. |