Patrick Keiller (born 1950) is a British

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, writer and lecturer.

Biography

Keiller was born in 1950, in

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and studied at the

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. In 1979 he joined the

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's Department of Environmental Media as a postgraduate student. For a time he taught architecture at the

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and fine art at

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. His first film was ''Stonebridge Park'' (1981) followed by ''Norwood'' (1983), ''The End'' (1986), ''Valtos'' (1987) and ''The Clouds'' (1989). These films are typified by their use of subjective camera and voice-over. This was a technique that was further refined in his longer films ''

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'' (1994) and ''Robinson in Space'' (1997), both of which are narrated by an unnamed character (voiced by

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) who accompanies his friend and onetime lover, the unseen Robinson, in a series of excursions around London. Robinson is involved with research into the "problems" of London and, in the second film, England. The films are seen as a critique of the United Kingdom's economic landscape under the Conservative governments of 1979-97. A third film, ''Robinson in Ruins'' was released in November 2010. It was one of the outcomes of a three-year research project entitled ''The Future of Landscape and the Moving Image''. The actress

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assumed the role of narrator.Redgrave In Ruins for Keiller
Screen Daily. 17 February 2010 In 2000, Keiller completed ''The Dilapidated Dwelling''. This film was made for television, but was never broadcast. It features the voice of

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, and its subject matter is the state of the UK's housing.

Bibliography

*''Robinson in Space'' (1999) by Patrick Keiller (includes a conversation with Patrick Wright); published by Reaktion Books. *''The view from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes'' (2013); published by Verso. *''London'' (2020); published by FUEL. * Christie, Ian, ''The man on the Ealing tram: Retro futures and Patrick Keiller's The City of the Future at the BFI Gallery'', in Fabrizi, Elisabetta (ed), ''The BFI Gallery Book'', BFI, London 2011, pp. 46–51.

References

External links

Patrick Keiller websiteInterview with Patrick Keiller in ''MUBI''Interview with 3:AM Magazine (2010)Interview with 3:AM Magazine (2021)Biography of Patrick Keiller at BFI ScreenonlineBFI InterviewBiography, synopses etc. at Luxonline
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