New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism

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Movie
Original title New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 83 minutes
Rod
Director Michael Edward Arth
production Golden Apple's Media
music B. Bush
C. Gear
C. Verdeaux
M. Ravel
V. Thomas
Threadneedle
camera Blake Wiers,
Michael E. Arth
cut Blake Wiers
occupation
  • Michael E. Arth

New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism (dt. New urban cowboy: A new pedestrian culture contrary ) is a 2008 published as a DVD documentary about the American artist and urban planner Michael E. Arth (widely known as Michael E. Arth), his new Pedestrian Culture Movement, and its efforts to regenerate cities, starting with "Crack City" an inner-city slum in DeLand , Florida . This 83-minute long international edition - with subtitles in Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese - was compiled from a 100-minute version that had already made it into the circle of the film festival. The earlier version was called New Urban Cowboy: The Works of Michael E. Arth.

Summary

The plot follows Michael E. Arth and his pregnant wife, Maya, on a cross-country trek from Santa Barbara, CA - where they lived in a spacious mansion surrounded by waterfalls - to a ruined and dangerous neighborhood in a small Florida town. Arth buys 30 homes and stores and transforms the slum in downtown DeLands into the "Historic Garden District." With guns that shoot nails and staples and with cautious persuasiveness instead of violent confrontation, he drives out the drug dealers and other criminals and creates a redevelopment model for the way new cities and neighborhoods are built. The film also explores the evolution of its urban planning philosophy, New Pedestrian Culture , and ends on a euphoric, optimistic note with a vision for the future. There is also a part, documented with archived film material, which records Arth's early life and struggle as a surfer, artist, builder and house / city planner.

New Pedestrianism (or NP)

New pedestrian culture is a more idealistic variant of New Urbanism . Urban Planning Theory, founded in 1999 by Michael Edward Arth , an American artist, city / house / landscape designer, futurist, and author. NP addresses the problems associated with New Urbanism and is an attempt to solve the various social, health, energy, economic, aesthetic and environmental problems, with a particular focus on reducing the role of the car. A neighborhood or a new city that uses the NP is called a Pedestrian Village. Pedestrian Villagen (pedestrian villages) can range from almost car-free to the arrangement of car accesses behind almost every home and business, but the pedestrian zone itself is always arranged in front

trilogy

New Urban Cowboy is the first in a series of three documentaries that explain Arth's idea of ​​problem solving and future trends. The other two films, slated for late 2008 release, are The Laboratories of Hercules: Modern Solutions to 12 Herculean Problems and UNICE: Universal Network of Intelligent Conscious Entities.

reaction

In general, New Urban Cowboy received highly favorable reviews, even in the previous film festival version. Academic reviews of Arth's urban planning philosophy, New Pedestrianism , as expressed in the film (and elsewhere), were also heavily in favor.

filmmakers

  • Michael Edward Arth : producer, cameraman
  • Blake Wiers: editor, cameraman
  • Helena Lea: music editor

credentials

  1. ↑ Teri Pruden: The New Urban Cowboy: Michael E. Arth turns crack town into a historic garden district in DeLand. In: DeLand Magazine. Jan-Feb, 2008, pp. 8, 9.
  2. ^ New Urban Cowboy review. In: Carbusters Magazine. Issue # 32, Winter 2007/2008, p. 26.
  3. ^ Michael E. Arth: New Pedestrianism: A Bridge to the Future. In: Carbuster's Magazine. # 33, Spring 2008, p. 23.
  4. ↑ Teri Pruden: The New Urban Cowboy: Michael E. Arth transforms Cracktown into Historic Garden District in DeLand. In: DeLand Magazine. Jan-Feb, 2008, pp. 8, 9.
  5. ^ Michael E. Arth: The Laboratories of Hercules: Modern Solutions to 12 Herculean Problems. 2007 online edition. Labor IX: Urbanism ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / michaelearth.com
  6. ^ Michael E. Arth: New Pedestrianism: A Bridge to the Future. In: Carbusters Magazine. # 33, Spring 2008, p. 23.
  7. ^ New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism.
  8. ^ Finding and Filming Peace, Locally and Around the World (review of New Urban Cowboy) by film critic Roger Moore. In: Orlando Sentinel. Sept. 21-27, 2007.
  9. ↑ Greg Dewar: A really great documentary to watch. In: The N-Judah Chronicles. Sept. 27, 2007. Review ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.njudahchronicles.com
  10. ↑ Seeing Stars: Reviews are in for Film Festival. Review of New Urban Cowboy by Jeff Farance. In: Daytona News Journal. October 4, 2007, 8E.
  11. ^ New Urban Cowboy review. In: Carbusters Magazine. Issue # 32, Winter 2007/2008, p. 26.
  12. ↑ Robert Steuteville: New Urban Cowboy review. In: New Urban News. October / November 2007, p. 15.
  13. ↑ Gerry Klein: Bold Visionary Sets Sights on City. In: The Star Phoenix. (Saskatoon, SK, Canada) September 26, 2007.

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