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| Robinson in Space (Topographics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick Keiller
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 340695
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1861890281
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9781861890283
ASIN: 1861890281
Publication Date: January 25, 1999
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Script/notes of the sequel to yLondony and interview February 12, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Architect and film-maker Patrick Keiller's second feature is once again a semi-documentary odyssey concerning the un-named narrator and his friend Robinson. The pair have been commissioned to undertake a series of journeys to investigate 'the problem of England' starting in Reading and ending in Newcastle. The tone and style is a continuation of Keiller's previous film 'London' with echoes of the travels documented by Daniel Defoe and those more recently of Nicholas Pevsner. Like the first film the content is never less than totally absorbing and with a very dry, sharp sense of wit and a similar general absence of human activity and camera movement. However the main difficulty is that whereas 'London' was perfectly synonymous with the election of the Major government in 1992, the unfortunate timing of 'Robinson' fails to capture the transfer of power in 1997. The book of the script is important for two reasons; firstly, the interview which is provided is contextually fundamental given the events of 1997, and secondly the explanatory footnotes set out relevant background information. However in the interview Keiller makes a significant error when he appears to reduce the manufacturing v distribution/services arguments to architectural aesthetics, ignoring the end of manufacturing (and its resultant urbanism) as social project. What are the implications for the eventual disappearance of all of our cities and not just London? He is also surprisingly rather charitable to New Labour making no reference to John Prescott's (in particular) progression of the Thatcher project as Environment Secretary, something about which Robinson would surely have a great deal to say.
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