Imaginary City

Angels, Acrobats, Nick Cave, and the Berlin Wall. In this episode we discuss the 1987 German film Wings of Desire, directed by Wim Wenders and starring Bruno Ganz and Solveig Dommartin. We ask the question, what are cities for? Repositories of history, refuges from existential angst, laboratories for art and cuture, all of the above? We also wax poetic about public libraries, and go on philosophical digressions about geographic, temporal, and psychological boundaries.

Vienna, trains, and kissing on ferris wheels. On this episode we discuss the 1995 romantic drama Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater and starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. We celebrate the joys of walking and talking, quality third places, and pine for the days of pre-Internet travel. Warning, this episode may arouse nostalgia for the nineties.

Welcome to Imaginary City, a podcast about cities on film. We’re two armchair urbanists who also happen to be movie buffs. We love to nerd out on cities and pop culture, so we decided to bring our two loves together in one podcast. Join us as we explore urban spaces through the magic of the movies and consider what we can learn about people and society from the places we design and build. Every other week we discuss a different film, from cult classics, to indie sleeper hits, to big blockbusters and explore urbanist ideas. What can our favourite films teach us about the built environment and how it shapes our lives? Join us on Imaginary City to find out. Find us wherever you listen to your favourite shows.