Rotterdam 2040 is a film about the city’s future, departing from the principle of Gyz La Rivière that you can’t look ahead without considering your past (something that hasn’t always been Rotterdam’s strongest feature). At high speed, La Rivière reconstructs the history of Rotterdam from the time before the bombings until now, and expands the developments to the year 2040 (100 years after the bombing and the 700th anniversary of the city). La Rivière made a specific choice to expose his personal vision, which is sometimes radical or a little absurd. So no experts and no talking heads, but an assault of old and new imagery, held together by La Rivière as the narrator of the film. Although Rotterdam 2040 deals with architecture and urban renewal, it is actually a film about people. The subjective experience of the city by its (future) occupants mainly determines the parade of architectural blunders and suggestions for the future. All tongue-in-cheek of course.
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All
The Voice of Innocence
Dreaming of a Treehouse
The Bubble
Magritte: The False Mirror
Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
Bâtir
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak
Election Night
Portrait of a City
Mitterrand, président culturel
