Sydney – A Story of a City (1999)

Original title

Sydney: A Story of a City

Directed by

Bruce Beresford

Genre

drama, documentary

Country

Australia

Runtime

45 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows sweeping aerial views of Sydney's harbor, the Opera House, and the Blue Mountains. It blends archive footage and computer graphics with a simple love story to tell about the city's past and present.

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What happens

Sydney – A Story of a City is a film originally shot in the IMAX format and shown in IMAX cinemas around Australia in 1999. The film was subsequently digitally re-mastered from the original large film format and released on DVD in 2001. The film presents the viewer with spectacular scenes of the city, its harbour, the Sydney Opera House and the Blue Mountains and uses archive film footage, computer generated graphics combined with live footage to tell the story of Sydney's past and present. Featuring the themes of history, archaeology, architecture and genealogy with a simple love story, the film educates and entertains and serves as a showcase for the vibrant city of Sydney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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