The Lost City of Melbourne | Official Trailer | Docplay

The attempted ‘modernisation’ of Melbourne in the 1950s saw many of the city's most impressive and monumental buildings destroyed, including all but a few of its elegant cinemas and picture palaces. Despite the city's renowned grand hotels, theatre culture, pioneering interest in the moving image, as well as world-class restaurants and cafes - all of which made it a world-class destination for travellers - the impending Olympic Games of 1956 resulted in an overzealous attempt to revamp the city and remove much of its architectural history. Buildings deemed too 'Victorian' soon became a target for Whelan The Wrecker.
Exploring Melbourne's history from the Gold Rush through to the twenty first century through a treasure trove of illustrations, photographs and film, director Gus Berger's THE LOST CITY OF MELBOURNE is a celebration not just of the city's past, but also its enduring relationship with cinema and the moving image itself.
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[@Pioneers_Of_Cinema]

Congratulations Gus on a wonderful production and the successful theatrical release. Have had many favourable comments.

[@eprohoda]

Bonjour- enjoyed~ very beautiful done,goodnight- Docplay~)

[@binnahboo5977]

Very Cool

[@georgianewman4549]

Looking forward to this !!! When’s it coming ?

[@tomstamford6837]

You really can't click on the description?
Tell me you're joking!
You could have found out in a fraction of the time to type that message.

[@OliverSandys]

Who is this at 1:50?

[@a7128]

Dame Edna

[@SlapMehhh]

we inherited those buildings from another time not so long ago, such a shame, no respect

[@ferafera20]

Melbourne in which country?

[@m7tthew]

Melbourne Florida

[@470Matty]

@@m7tthew Geez.. Melbourne Australia. Florida never hosted an Olympic games.....

[@tomstamford6837]

Melbourne, Kentucky - USA

[@obszczymucha1337]

Melbourne - Central Africa

[@royalwolf9926]

Kazakstan

[@rumpoleonthehilloldchap]

research tartaria.

[@binnahboo5977]

Good point

[@davidanthony7495]

Good on ya for saying that…..
That connects a lot of dots.

[@darylcrandell682]

There's wireless electricity poles at the beginning of this show.

[@sferbay]

Melb is still marvellous though except some of the South Bank's ugly towers.

[@pattycbproper1080]

Loved it, but er... not a lot of diversity back then :D

[@marzp9841]

Good...

[@DavdMar]

@@marzp9841😂

I miss those days. Not the non binary gender queers we've got now.

[@tomstamford6837]

So!
Name me one country where diversity is welcomed.
Don't pick on one place or country without opening your eyes to the basic nature of humans.

[@DavdMar]

@@tomstamford6837 Germany, Israel, North Korea, South Africa? 🤣🤣🤣

[@magyaradam]

Pre-diversity.....

[@m7tthew]

Bruh

[@magyaradam]

@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 european food is the best.

[@magyaradam]

@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 european diversity is good, most of the rest ain't.

[@magyaradam]

@jerrylouiswiththethickness6403 just look at statistics, you'll see.
Stats are not racist.

[@yoesomite2199]

@@magyaradam 100%, melbourne has goen down hill over the last 20+ years along with all the 'bad' diversity

[@MultiFab14]

Now everything looks like shit

[@magyaradam]

1:30 dining room for women only?
If the sexes were turned, imagine the oitrage.

[@yoesomite2199]

I used to love Melbourne when I was growing up back int he 60s and 70s, but its become a congested, gritty, graffiti filled place with street people, druggies smoking crake pipe in front of the old GPO and narrowed streets.