Rotterdam 2040 (2013)
• May 16th, 2013 • 1h 35min
Documentary
Overview
Rotterdam 2040 is a film about the city’s future, departing from the principle of Gyz La Rivière that you can’t look ahead without considering your past (something that hasn’t always been Rotterdam’s strongest feature). At high speed, La Rivière reconstructs the history of Rotterdam from the time before the bombings until now, and expands the developments to the year 2040 (100 years after the bombing and the 700th anniversary of the city). La Rivière made a specific choice to expose his personal vision, which is sometimes radical or a little absurd. So no experts and no talking heads, but an assault of old and new imagery, held together by La Rivière as the narrator of the film. Although Rotterdam 2040 deals with architecture and urban renewal, it is actually a film about people. The subjective experience of the city by its (future) occupants mainly determines the parade of architectural blunders and suggestions for the future. All tongue-in-cheek of course.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Namatjira Project
Released on: 2017-09-05
Documentary
From the remote Australian desert to the opulence of Buckingham Palace - Namatjira Project is the ic...
I Will Dance
Released on: 2015-07-01
Drama, Documentary
Follows the young people of Selma, Alabama's RATCo (Random Acts of Theatre Company) as they journey ...
Accidental Anarchist
Released on: 2017-07-23
Documentary
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save u...
The Red Princess
Released on: 2022-04-04
Documentary
Who is Kim Yo-jong? In a context of maximum tensions between North Korea and the United States, Pier...
Partiledaren som klev ut ur kylan
Released on: 2021-06-02
Documentary
Håkan Juholt came from the reserve bench and became captain of the whole team. A high-stakes bet tha...
In the Shadow of Karakorum
Released on: 1955-08-03
Documentary
In 1954, a German-Austrian expedition led by Mathias Rebitsch set off for the difficult-to-access Ka...
Influence
Released on: 2020-01-27
Documentary
Charting the recent advancements in weaponized communication by investigating the rise and fall of t...
Street Dogs of South Central
Released on: 2013-10-01
Documentary
Narrated by Queen Latifah, this documentary follows Elsie, a black Labrador mix, and her struggled t...
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
Released on: 2012-02-25
Documentary
In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, Cal...
Where do they all go?
Released on: 2015-04-13
Documentary
94-year old Esther, a pensioner with bad sight, is in search of her artist daugther’s public decorat...
Big Time
Released on: 2017-10-21
Documentary
Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years wh...
Miss Americana
Released on: 2020-01-31
Documentary, Music
A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transfor...
Boys State
Released on: 2020-01-24
Documentary
This raucous journey into the heart of democracy captures an unusual rite of passage: 1,100 teenage ...
Max Gimblett: Original Mind
Released on: 2017-05-19
Documentary
Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblet...
The Changing Face Of Salford Collection
Released on: 1970-01-01
Documentary
Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of t...
Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
Released on: 2006-07-05
Documentary
Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of maki...
White Walls Say Nothing
Released on: 2017-05-02
Documentary
Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has os...
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak
Released on: 1975-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.
Food for Profit
Released on: 2024-02-26
Documentary
The film exposes the links between Agrifood and politics. With a pool of international experts it an...