Architecture, film, architecture

Abstract

This report explores the connection between cinema and architecture. Analogies between the two media are identified and the potential for each to inform, or be informed by the other is considered. As the title suggests the analysis traces an implied path of "cinematic" tendencies from the architecture of the ancients - through the development of film and film theory - to recent developments in post modern architectural discourse. The first link is identified through Sergei Eisenstein's "cinematographic" analysis of Piranesi's Carceri sketches. From there a selection of films, and the principles on which they are based are analysed from an "architectural perspective". Finally the cinematically inspired works of Bernard Tschumi and Nigel Coates are considered as examples of post modern cinematic architecture.