Malls r us [videorecording] / [presented by] Instinct Films, Point du Jour ; written and directed by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; produced in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ... [et al.].
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Icarus FIlms,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
"A Canada-French co-production." Title from feature. Originally produced in 2008, released in 2009. This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Summary:
"Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, 'Malls r us' examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-- the enclosed shopping center-- and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion, and greed merge. The film blends archival footage tracing the history of the shopping mall in America, visits to some of the world's largest and most spectacular malls--in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Poland, France, and Dubai-- and interviews with architects, mall developers, sales managers, environmentalists, labor activists and social critics, as well as commentary from mall shoppers themselves."--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)316063739
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.