Radiant City

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
"This program is primarily fictional. Some elements are based on real people and events" -- Closing credits.
Special features: Extended trailer (2 min.).
Daniel Jeffery, Bob Legare, Jane MacFarlane, Ashleigh Fidyk.
Go on an outing to the 'burbs. Amidst the fresh foundations of monster homes, surrealist filmmaker Gary Burns and journalist Jim Brown explore the dark side of suburbia and creates a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. Shows a Canadian family as they struggle with existential despair and are exacerbated by the drabness of their suburban locale.
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

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Must see for community developers submitted by rats on February 7, 2013, 1:26pm This video is written as a drama that illustrates the problems/benefits of city and architecture design. What promotes community? Good ideas, easily absorbed.

LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, [2008], c2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1417201711
9781417201716

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Vercruysse, Shirley.
Thompson, Bonnie.
Burns, Gary, 1960-
Brown, Jim.
Jeffery, Daniel.
Legare, Bob.
Macfarlane, Jane.
Fidyk, Ashleigh.
Santiago, Joey, 1965-
Burns Films (Firm)
National Film Board of Canada.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Koch Lorber Films.
Koch Entertainment (Firm)

SUBJECTS
Suburban life -- Canada -- Drama.
Cities and towns -- Growth -- Drama.
Family -- Canada -- Drama.
Middle class families -- Canada -- Drama.
Canada -- Drama.
Documentary-style films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Feature films.