In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City that he mysteriously titled “Magnasanti.” Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. In “Films from Magnasanti,” documentarian John Wilson curates a program of short films inspired by the ethos of this fictional metropolis, culminating in the director’s newest work-in-progress that explores the way “Magnasanti”s philosophy manifests itself in New York City.
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Jul 6, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Films from Magnasanti with John Wilson
Screening to be followed by discussion with John Wilson
Program
The Road To Magnasanti - Preview of Work In Progress
15 min., 2017, USA
In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City that he mysteriously titled “Magnasanti.” Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. In “Films from Magnasanti,” documentarian John Wilson curates a program of short films inspired by the ethos of this fictional metropolis, culminating in the director’s newest work-in-progress that explores the way “Magnasanti”s philosophy manifests itself in New York City.
60 min
John Wilson is a lo-fi documentarian based in Brooklyn. His short films are narrated collages of street life shot on disposable media. You can follow him @peepingjohn and visit his website: JohnsMovies.com.
