Requiem for Detroit?, Documentary, 2010

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1956 Buick Centurion

1974 Buick LeSabre Luxus

1956 Buick Roadmaster

1938 Buick Y-Job

1936 Cadillac Fleetwood 75

1962 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible

Caterpillar 330 D

1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

1958 Chevrolet Bel Air

1986 Chevrolet Caprice

1932 Chevrolet Confederate

1956 Chevrolet Impala

1964 Chevrolet Impala Convertible

2008 Chevrolet Malibu

1939 Chevrolet Master

1936 Chevrolet Standard

1952 Chevrolet Styleline De Luxe Bel Air

1934 Chevrolet unknown

2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible

1931 De Soto Six

1981 Dodge Ram

1941 Dodge WC 21

1960 Ford Falcon

1960 Ford M151 'MUTT'

1931 Ford Model A

Ford Model T

1924 Ford Model T

1965 Ford Mustang

2008 Ford Taurus X

1933 Ford V8

1934 Ford V8 De Luxe

1969 Ford XL

1956 GM Firebird II

1953 GMC TDM 5108

1988 Honda Accord

1994 Hummer

1924 International Harvester unknown

1925 Lancia Lambda

1962 Lincoln Continental

1980 Lincoln Continental Mark VI

1962 Mercury Comet

2003 New Flyer D 40 LF

1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket

1955 Packard Patrician

1924 Packard Single Eight

1948 Packard Standard Eight

1949 Packard Standard Eight

1951 Packard unknown

1971 Pontiac Catalina

1959 Pontiac Catalina Safari Pickup

1981 Pontiac Grand Prix

1959 Renault Caravelle Convertible

1972 SAAB 96 V4

1985 Toyota Camry

1977 Toyota Corona Wagon

1971 Volkswagen Super Beetle [Typ 1]

1950 Willys M38

1952 Willys M38 A1

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dsl ◊ 2015-09-28 00:23	Has this film ever surfaced in US?? It was made by BBC in UK in 2010, directed by Julien Temple who amongst other things did this excellent London film. Broadcast on UK TV, might have had a DVD release, but then seems to have disappeared. My copy taken from original BBC TV broadcast so not HD, and it may throw timings out slightly if a DVD version can be found as they include BBC intro cards. Also TV-quality means a lot of archive stuff (particularly 50s-70s colour footage from news and factory promo films) which was not very good quality anyway is too crap here to take useful captures, which is a pity as they contain a lot of interesting stuff which would be worth revisiting from a better copy. Overall it is an amazing film - a history of Detroit's car industry, its people, the economic/social/political effects through from its start until now, and a portrait of where it's all arrived and what Detroit is today. Very highly recommended. Various bits: Signs/slogans 1967 riots - because of the footage, I've now learned what this favourite song from when I was a kid was all about Henry Ford stuff The first Model T factory The Michigan Theatre - apparently built in 1926 on the site of Ford's workshop with a huge endowment from Henry, and one of the most splendid buildings in Detroit. But went bust, so they punched holes in the walls and use it as a car park Then and now comparison Derelict school machinery - they used to train the kids to operate assembly lines equipment so that when they left school they'd go straight onto assembly line jobs Dead piano in the Lee Plaza ruined hotel (below) which apparently was once played by Duke Ellington and other famous folk Plane for impdb -- Last edit: 2019-01-17 19:55:11
dsl ◊ 2015-09-28 00:42	Ruined houses Lee Plaza hotel Ruined school Ruined office ..... and this incredible building seen several times - Michigan Central Station One of the final images in the film -- Last edit: 2015-09-28 03:47:55
Terra ◊ 2015-09-28 00:46	I hope to film my own documentary there one day. It's sad to see this beautiful architecture wither away
dsl ◊ 2015-09-28 01:57	Ruins Part 2 The Tiger stadium - plus shots on this entry - /vehicle.php?id=847553 The Hudson's Building demolition in 1998 - which created more damage and debris spread than it was meant to. Film is confused/confusing about this building - suggested it was a car factory (maybe because of the name??) and that demolition was 1983.
dsl ◊ 2015-09-28 02:10	Dead factories: 1] GM Fisher Body plant 21, closed in 1984 - with Cadillac assembly track remnants still in place Major problems with contamination prevent either safe demolition or reconstruction 2] The Packard factory, opened 1903, stopped car production in 1957, partial demolition and reconstruction as new industrial facility started since the film from October 2014 -- Last edit: 2015-09-29 02:07:36
rjluna2 ◊ 2015-09-28 02:23	Impressive documentary, dsl. Yo, Wikipedia, you should learn from this
jettalover ◊ 2015-09-28 04:50	R.I.P. Tiger Stadium. Opened 1912, the same year as Fenway Park in Boston, the current oldest Major League Baseball stadium.
electra225 ◊ 2015-09-28 19:35	Is it possible to buy this documentary of you have to watch it on Youtube ?
dsl ◊ 2015-09-28 19:50	It looks as if it did get a DVD release - http://www.worldcat.org/title/requiem-for-detroit/oclc/707685959 - but impossible to find now. There are some watch-online streams - eg this one seems to work - http://www.solarmovie.cz/watch-requiem-for-detroit-2010-online.html . No longer available on BBC iPlayer page - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rkm3y .
CougarTim ◊ 2015-09-28 21:05	dsl wrote The Ransom Gillis House; unconfirmed rumors suggest it will play the role of Wayne Manor in the upcoming movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (presumably with a CGI touch-up). Appropriately enough, it is on Alfred Street.
Corkeyandpals ◊ 2017-09-22 04:16	Aircraft at: http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Requiem_for_Detroit%3F

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