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Cinematic representations of Helsinki range from depictions of a northern periphery to a space of cosmopolitanism, from a touristic destination to a substitute for Moscow/St Petersburg during the Cold War. This volume on Europe's northernmost capital, Helsinki, explores the relationship between the city and cinema and Finnish cultural history.

Malta has served as a beautiful backdrop for films for nearly as long as there has been a film industry. This entry in the World Film Locations series traces the history of Malta on screen, from bigbudget blockbusters to modest indie pictures. The locations Malta offers range widely, from grand fortified harbours and stunning cliffs to quaint villages and Baroque palaces. That diversity has enabled the island to double for countless locations, including ancient Troy and Alexandria, as well as Greece, Israel, and other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, while its well-known water tanks have proved to be perfect for shooting ocean scenes. Packed with illustrations, World Film Locations: Malta examines a number of films made in Malta, and will be a must-read for tourists, film buffs and scholars alike.

Though the creative community of Reykjavik, Iceland, has a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output, Reykjavik's filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. This book sheds new light on the role of cinema in a country that produces more films per capita than any other in the world.

Offers an illustrated, insightfully written survey of movies shot in Chicago from 1897 to 2012. Featuring films from beloved classics to modern blockbusters and obscure silents, this book celebrates the unique character of Chicago on the big screen and is written by a range of contributors who are experts on the subjects of cinema and Chicago.

Collecting essays and articles about Washington film history and locations, this book features the explorations of carefully chosen film scenes and historical periods. It examines themes, directors, and depictions and is illustrated with evocative movie stills, city maps, and location photographs.

A collection that takes readers on a virtual tour of Sydney, from Kings Cross, the city's red light district and frequent film location, to the famous beaches to explore how representations in movies have both played into and influenced how we think of these spaces and those that frequent them.

Covering the myths that surround Singaporean film and exploring the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city, World Film Locations: Singapore introduces armchair travellers to a rich, but less known, national cinema.

World Film Locations: Florence explores Florence as it is manifested in the minds of filmmakers and filmgoers. Contributors consider a wide range of topics and provide scene reviews of films to delve deeper into the makeup of the city, looking at both familiar and unfamiliar locations through the lens of filmmakers such as Roberto Rossellini.

Takes readers to film locations in the central historical district with excursions to the periphery of Athens - popular neighborhoods, poor suburbs, and slums often represented in postwar neorealist films - and then on to garden cities and upper class suburbs, especially those preferred by the auteurs of the 1970s.

Looks at Buenos Aires (the second-largest in South America) as a stage for sociopolitical transformations and a key location in the international imagination as a site of cultural export. This book uncovers the many reasons why Buenos Aires attracts not only tourists but also artists and filmmakers who explore the city and its iconography.

The first comprehensive guide to filmic representations of Sao Paulo, this book serves as an introduction to the city for film enthusiasts, visitors and tourists while simultaneously opening scholarly debates on global concerns such as marginalization, rapid urbanization and child poverty.

An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticized, and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust. Gathering more than forty short pieces on specific scenes from San Franciscan films, this book includes essays on topics that dominate the history of filmmaking in the city.

Exploring legendary Prague landmarks as they appear on-screen - including the Charles Bridge, Old Town, Mala Strana, Liechtenstein Palace, Wenceslas Square, and Prague Castle, this book discusses the intersection of the capital city and its cinematic representations; Prague and the Czech New Wave; and the iconic Barrandov Studios.

Outside of London, no other British city has attracted more film-makers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in for other cities or acting as a version of its own past, Liverpool is an adaptable filmic backdrop. From the earliest makers of moving images - among them the Lumiere brothers - Liverpool has endured as a cinematic destination for years.

The rapid development of Hong Kong has occasioned the demolition of buildings and landscapes of historic significance, but film acts as a repository for memories of these lost places, vanished vistas, and material objects. This book offers a glimpse into the history of film production practices in Hong Kong.

Marseilles, France's oldest city, has a significant cinematic culture, dating back to the 1890s when Lumiere brothers shot many films there. This book features maps of film scenes, high quality screengrabs, and images of movie locations as they appear today, accompanied by original texts penned by leading international film scholars and critics.

Barcelona is one of the world's most beautiful cities. Great directors from all over the world - among them Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, and Michelangelo Antonioni - have set their films there. This book explores the rich cinematic history of this seductive Catalonian city.

World Film Locations: Vancouver offers insight into how the city functions as the fourth largest film and television production center in North America. This book provides new perspectives on the relationship between the movies and the metropolis, using analyses of different film scenes and spotlight essays to highlight Canadian filmmaking.

Extensively illustrated with maps, film stills and present-day location photos, World Film Locations: Venice provides both a colourful guide to, and an incisive examination of, the floating city on film.

World Film Locations: Glasgow explores Scotland's biggest city and the many locations in which its films are viewed, set and shot. Taking in the important moments and movements in its rich cinematic history, this book seeks to discover the city's culture, character and comedy through its cinematic identity.

Includes short synopses of 44 scenes from films that illustrate the changing ways in which the city of Madrid has appeared on screen in a variety of genres by an eclectic range of directors. This book also includes a selection of six spotlight essays that look at key directors, themes, and significant periods from Madrid's rich filmic history.

Includes articles that provide an examination of the significance of Istanbul in the critically acclaimed director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's cinema, the city's representation in films made in the West and in Turkey in different periods. This title also features articles that focus on key locations, such as the famous train station Haydarpasa and more.

Presents reviews of 46 film scenes in their encounters with Parisian topography as it intersects with characters, plots, and narrative. This volume examines how the "City of Light" is reinvented through each director's lenses: successive representations add magic to the already mythical city.

World Film Locations: Dublin offers an engaging look at the many incarnations of the city onscreen through 50 synopses of the key scenes - either shot or set in Dublin - accompanied by a generous selection of full-colour film stills. Sophisticated yet accessible, this volume will undoubtedly take its place on the shelves of film buffs and those interested in Irish culture.

World Film Locations: Los Angeles is an engaging and highly visual city-wide tour of both well known and slightly lesser known films shot on location in one of the birthplaces of cinema and the 'screen spectacle'. It pairs 50 synopses of carefully chosen film scenes with evocative full-colour film stills.

World Film Locations: Las Vegas goes beyond the cliches of Sin City to examine what Hal Rothman and Mike Davis called 'the grit beneath the glitter', thus providing an opportunity to find out more about the unique position Vegas occupies in the popular imagination.

With more and more filmmakers taking advantage of its rich and varied settings, New Orleans has earned star-studded status as the 'Hollywood of the South'. This title features essays that reflect on the city's long-standing relationship with the film industry. It offers fans a guided tour of the many films that made the city their home.

The city's sprawling structure and rapid redevelopment - embodied by the high-rise apartments taking over historic districts - render Beijing's streets hard to navigate and its culture is just as difficult to penetrate. This book offers a revealing introduction to both.

World Film Locations: Melbourne serves as a guide to films set wholly or partially in one of Australia's most diverse and culturally important cities. Offering analyses of iconic scenes, essays on key directors, recurring themes, notable locations, photographs, film stills and city maps, the contributors examine the city's relationship to cinema.

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is a megalopolis of diversity and heartbreaking extremes, where immense wealth is just steps away from the searing poverty of its slums. This title includes scene specific reviews and short essays exploring the ways filmmakers from India and abroad have represented Mumbai's diverse urban and human landscape.