Summary Angel Dust exploits the fragmented and timeless world of Google Earth to suggest the impact and experience of Robert Moses' unrealized project for the Mid-Manhattan Expressway. It juxtaposes Moses's optimistic belief in progress with Walter Benjamin's view of history as a series of disasters, and uses these competing views to structure the film. Several passages across Manhattan retrace the path of the expressway that never was to expose fictional versions of the city in Google Earth. View more details
Directed : John Zissovici
Written : John Zissovici Yanni Loukissas
Stars : Caroline O'Donnell
Genres : Animation History Documentary Short
Release date : Jan 2, 1988
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Summary Angel Dust exploits the fragmented and timeless world of Google Earth to suggest the impact and experience of Robert Moses' unrealized project for the Mid-Manhattan Expressway. It juxtaposes Moses's optimistic belief in progress with Walter Benjamin's view of history as a series of disasters, and uses these competing views to structure the film. Several passages across Manhattan retrace the path of the expressway that never was to expose fictional versions of the city in Google Earth. View more details
Genres : Animation History Documentary Short
Release date : Jan 2, 1988
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
