The fear that has 1000 eyes : cities in the age of terrorism / A film by Dagmar Brendecke and Walter Brun writer, Walter Brun ; producer, Jürg Neuenschwander ; production, Container TV AG ; in coproduction with SRF [and 4 others].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Brendecke, Dagmar, director, director.

Brun, Walter, 1942- director, director.

Janson Media, producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic surveillance.

Terrorism--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Cities and towns--Security measures.

Cities and towns.

City planning--Safety measures.

City planning.

Privacy, Right of.

Security systems.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 52 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm

polychrome

Other Title:

Cities in the age of terrorism

Fear that has one thousand eyes

Fear that has a thousand eyes

Place of Publication:

[Harrington Park, N. J.] : Janson Media, 2013.

System Details:

DVD.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

How do contemporary cities cope in the age of terrorism? German filmmakers Dagmar Brendecke and Walter Brun's interesting documentary explores how several major European metropolises have addressed that challenge, not only through increasing surveillance, but also integrating the act of monitoring people into the very design of urban spaces. In other words, we re long past the idea of merely attaching cameras to buildings in order to spy on passersby. A dozen years after the events of September 11, 2001, visual monitoring has become organically woven into the places people congregate for work, shopping, or recreation something that a new generation accepts as normal. The film begins in London, where 20,000 official or private (i.e., commercial business) cameras are so pervasive that almost any public movement by residents and visitors is captured on a screen somewhere. Viewers are reminded that modern terrorist activity in London goes back decades to the early bombings by the Irish Republican Army. Such a history necessitated a ring of steel security approach, which includes random checkpoints. Brendecke and Brun then look at similar efforts in Bern, Berlin, and Madrid, where security measures are intended to make people feel safe under a semblance of normal living. Informative, provocative, and often disturbing, The Fear That Has 1000 Eyes reminds us of the dangerous times we live in and of the precarious balance between public safety and individual freedom and privacy

ISBN:

1568394764

9781568394763

OCLC:

867121036

Publisher Number:

646032055290

11033326