Английская Википедия:Dan Bell
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox person Dan Bell (born February 9, 1977) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for the Dead Mall documentary series, cataloging the 2010s urban decay phenomenon of foreclosured shopping malls.[1][2][3]
Dead Mall
Шаблон:Quote box Narrated by Bell, the moments chronicled in what Bryan Menegus of Gizmodo calls a "hypnotizing tour" throughout a "post-capitalist dystopia[n]" landscape of stores and shopping centers that went out of business during the early-to-mid-2010s' so-called "retail apocalypse."[4][5][6][7] These videos received millions of views.[7] Bell employs salvaged commercials, VHS tapes, retro-futuristic imagery and sound, and audio-visual collages and montages, underlying the uneasy themes.[4] Malls featured in Bell's chronicles most notably include Owings Mills Mall,[1] Bristol Mall,[1] Burlington Center Mall,[1] Marley Station Mall,[1] Voorhees Town Center,[1] Rolling Acres Mall,[1] Frederick Towne Mall,[2] and Staunton Mall.[8] The intros of episodes in the series often use clips of these videos that have been distorted or exaggerated in a surreal effect.[9] Bell personally finds the Rolling Acres Mall episode to be the most unnerving, recalling the eerie image of frogs singing out loud in an abandoned mall: Шаблон:Blockquote
Steven Kurutz of The New York Times compared the series with its soothing voice-over and retro-synth vaporwave music to Michael Galinsky's time-capsule photo book Malls Across America, stating, "they evoke the same fuzzy ’80s nostalgia[,] even as they offer an unsettling visual document of the retail apocalypse that changing consumer habits, e-commerce and economic disparity have wrought."[1] Nostalgia—as noted by some by-gone store owners,[1] viewers,[10] and writer Gillian Flynn,[1]—is also a driving force behind the late 2010s private and public interest in the dead-malls phenomenon because to some people, "[it] was more than just a store. It was part of the community."[6] On the other hand, Bell received some negative reception from shopping mall owners and shareholders, to which he responded, "Malls contact me and are livid they are featured, but the reality is, what are they going to do?"[11]
Work
- Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–present | Dead Mall Series | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | Narrator | Documentary, also cinematography Шаблон:Small |
| 2015–present | Dead Motel Series | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | Documentary, also cinematography Шаблон:Small | |
| 2016–2022 | Another Dirty Room | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | Himself | Documentary/reality TV |
| 2022 | Margie & Scott | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | Documentary |
Personal life
Coincidentally, Bell in his later teens held various jobs at shopping mall stores; at a Macy’s, a shoe store, and a leather-goods boutique.[1]
References
- ↑ 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 Kurutz, Steven (July 26, 2017). "An Ode to Shopping Malls," The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Folk, Kate (July 25, 2018). "Letter of Recommendation: Dead Malls," The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ Dan Bell: "Inside America's dead shopping malls", TED (conference). TED Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-15. (2022)
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Menegus, Bryan. "Take a Weirdly Hypnotizing Tour of America's Dying Malls" (2017), Gizmodo, G/O Media. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ Mall memories remain for a generation of Roanoke Valley mall rats" (2018), The Roanoke Times, Lee Enterprises Inc. Archive (2022)
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Lawrence, Kelsey (Aug. 21, 2019). "The Collective Memory of American Shoppers," The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Sanburn Josh (July 20, 2017). "Why the Death of Malls Is About More Than Shopping," Time, Marc & Lynne Benioff. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ Weinstein, Janet (November 23, 2018). "'Dead malls': Inside one man's mission to document the beauty of abandoned shopping centers," ABC News, Walt Disney Company. Retrieved 2022-09-15. Archive (2022)
- ↑ Cockrell, Debbie (July 18, 2017). ["https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article161881928.html They are capturing the fall of legacy retailers in real time. Is your store next?]" The News Tribune, The McClatchy Company. Archive (2022). Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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