Suburbia. Tupperware; television; bungalows and respectable front lawns. Always instantly recognisable though never entirely familiar. The tight semi-detached estates of thirties Britain and the infenced and functional tract housing of middle America. The elegant villas of Victorian London and the clapboard and brick of fifties Sydney. Architecture and landscapes may vary from one suburban scene to another; but the suburb is the embodiment of the same desire; to create for middle class middle cultures; middle spaces in middle America; Britain and Australia. Visions of Suburbia considers this emergent architectural space; this set of values and this way of life. The contributors address suburbia and the suburban from the point of view of its production; its consumption and its representation. Placing suburbia centre stage; each essay examines what it is that makes suburbia so distinctive and what it is that has made suburbia so central to contemporary culture. _
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. the new Hollywood Creative DirectoryBy DagwoodThis is an excellent resource for identifying production companies; with information provided about their genres. It apparently replaces the old "Hollywood Creative Directory" for purposes os screenwriters wishing to contact producers. The "Creative Directory" was published for years and available on hard copy and online; but when they went under a few years ago; nothing emerged to replace it; until now. Some of the entries in the "Hollywood Screenwriting Directory Spring 2013" were out of date (e-mail bouncebacks); but this is unavoidable in any hard-copy directory. Some of the entries were wrong in identifying whether or not a particular production company accepts what the industry condescendingly calls "unsolicited" queries (meaning one not sent by a representative--an agent; manager or attorney; if youre a writer representing himself; your query is "unsolicited."). Because industry practitioners seem to be especially touchy about "unsolicited" material for reasons of lawsuits and maintenance of the general pecking order; which you as an unrepresented writer are at the bottom of; they respond in a huff if you have transgressed their policy of not viewing unsolicited queries. This apparently falls somewhere in seriousness between keying a new car and mass murder. In their highest dudgeon; some even send back your e-mail claimiing they are returning your "material" so that they wont be sullied by reading it. Anyway; best if the directory can get that submission policy information more correct so that production companies cant muster their righteous fury about daring to approach them with an unsolicited query (shudder).0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. DisappointingBy MikeTI bought the book; spring; 2013. I carefully picked 64 companies that might want my script. I sent 64 letters and e-mails. 14 were the wrong addresses. Four did not accept unsolicited queries. None of the others responded at all; even by simply checking a box on a stamped postcard and dropping it in the mail. It was a disappointing purchase; to say the least.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Must.By Jason GruichA MUST for screenwriters at any level of their careers.Provides everything a writer needs for script submittal. And its inexpensive.