Artistic city trip
Tour 1- The University of Glasgow to Park Quadrant
Do you remember that scene in the Buster Keaton film ‘Steamboat Bill, Jr?’ There are storm clouds in the air. It starts to rain. A single sheet of newspaper flies through the air. The storm gets stronger. People are running away, they flee the city. The roof of the hospital is lifted off and we see him… we see Buster.
Tour 2 – CCA to Hill Street, Garnethill
Establishment shot. A beautiful wide view over the city, it’s Paris of course, I imagine it does look over Paris. Though I can’t see any specific landmarks. There’s also two spires just there. Maybe it doesn’t have to be specifically Paris. A camera looks out over... a city at morning. Let’s keep it non-specific. A morning, lamppost, a cityscape in the mist. Classic.
Tour 3 – The Arches to Broomielaw, Commerce St Bridge
Diane Keaton: Isn’t it beautiful out?
Woody Allen: Yeah it’s really so so pretty when the light starts to come up.
Diane Keaton: I know I love it.
Woody Allen: Boy this is really a great city I don’t care what anybody says. It’s just really a knockout you know?
These performative tours will meet participants at venues around the city and lead them to sites that remind the tour guide of significant moments from classic movies. In an attempt to transform these everyday locations into sites of romantic and cinematic beauty, we can cast the city as one huge film set and the site of many converging narratives.