文学之城影评：An Undeniable, Subtle Underlying Sense of Façade
This is a review duplicated from IMDb.
I think one of the things that I liked the most about City of Literature was that I didn't feel as though the director was trying to justify WHY Iowa City is one of the very few cities of literature. That is to say, it wasn't all "nice" things about the city, but rather some of it wasn't even about Iowa City at all but instead the people there and their individual experiences, good or bad. There were comments that didn't directly reflect Iowa City as a serene place as some might have earlier suggested, the majority of the camera shots detailing the place in a candid and almost ideal way. Each person had something different to say. In addition to this, the documentary did not focus on the history of the city nor the writing programs offered, but rather on the people that help to make it such an articulate and literary locale, reflecting the city through the eyes of the individuals that brought it to such a level of fame as well as those that this honored title attracts. The city is not merely one of books and art but of sciences and law too. This fact is illustrated through the anecdotes of the various residents from around the world that call Iowa City "home".
The one thing that I am certain that I loved the most was that there is an undeniable, subtle underlying sense of façade and something not so pretty beyond all of these colorful trees and poetically inspiring words that transcend languages and all typical meaning.
