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Malls r us / Instinct Films, Point du Jour present ; written and directed by Helene Klodawsky ; produced by Ina Fichman, Luc Martin-Gousset ; produced in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation [and 6 others].
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shopping malls--Social aspects.
- Shopping malls.
- Shopping--Social aspects.
- Shopping.
- Place (Philosophy).
- Consumption (Economics).
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (78 min.) : digital, sound, color with black & white sequences
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Malls are us
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, 'Malls r us' examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination--the enclosed shopping center--and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion, and greed merge. The film blends archival footage tracing the history of the shopping mall in America, visits to some of the world's largest and most spectacular malls--in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Poland, France, and Dubai-- and interviews with architects, mall developers, sales managers, environmentalists, labor activists and social critics, as well as commentary from mall shoppers themselves.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, François Dagenais ; editing, Howard Goldberg ; music, AIR.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Instinct Films/Point du Jour, c2008.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 22, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-mall Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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