The Experimental City

Name: The Experimental City
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-10-18
Rating: 4

Documentary1h 35m

4.0/10

4.0

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Storyline

In the 1960s, frustrated by the growing problem of urban pollution, Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist and futurist comic strip writer, assembled a team of experts to develop a bold experiment: the Minnesota Experimental City (MXC). MXC would be the city of the future, a domed metropolis for 250,000 pioneering residents, built from scratch and using cutting-edge technology to prevent urban sprawl and pollution. Things didn’t quite go as planned, as explored in Chad Friedrichs’ fascinating look back at the would-be city of tomorrow.

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DirectorChad Freidrichs

ReleasedOct 18, 2017

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

2 fresh · 1 rotten

Rubén Rosario

RTMiamiArtZineMay 10, 2019

The film is an ideal addition for the museum's showcase, but it doesn't transcend its educational purposes to make what could have been a potent statement about 20th century America.

Sarah Boslaugh

RTTheArtsStlJun 22, 2018

...an ingeniously constructed documentary that makes good use of archival footage, documents, and recordings, along with re-enactments that look just fake enough to signal their constructed nature.

Diane Carson

RTKDHX (St. Louis)Jun 19, 2018

"The Experimental City" educates us to an important, relevant chapter in imaginative design.

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