Weltstadt in Flegeljahren: Ein Bericht über Chicago (1931)

• 68%
• 1931
• Documental

"In the spring and summer of 1931, Spanish escritor, traveler, fotógrafo y cineasta Enrique Hauser (1901-55) made a trip by car through the American Midwest, with Chicago as his principal destino. This voyage resulted in a book, 'Dirt Tracks to Chicago,' and a silent 'city' de la película, WORLD CITY EN ITS en ADOLESCENTES. Whereas the book covers his entire journey, Hauser,'s película concentrates on Chicago, with its horizonte, skyscrapers, motorized tráfico local industries, laboratorio, mechanized production and places for leisure. [...] Sin embargo Hauser considered Chicago to be 'the most beautiful city in the world",' his city symphony is notable for its critique of the modern American city, and of the United States en general.