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Apr 25: Liverpool

I'm going to be visiting the city of Liverpool later this year some time to attend a few exhibitions which are appearing at the Tate and other galleries. It's also a chance to wander a city I've only visited a few times, dating back to my first visit just after the Toxteth riots, and to visit a good friend who was studying there. We've done the various museums, Albert Dock, Mersey ferry, Liverpool One, Cathedrals etc.

There are some articles I found in my initial searching about film connections linked to the exhibition.

World in One City: Travel, Globalization and Placeless Space
DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846317248.007

This chapter explores the contradictions raised by the notion of Liverpool as a ‘world in one city’. It provides a comparative analysis of Alex Cox's films Three Businessmen and Liverpool: The World in One City, suggesting that these films highlight the heterotopic nature of the city as a space of deterritorialization, consumption and global capital. 

The chapter also considers the ways in which cinematic geographies can both reinforce and expose the city as a placeless space of global mobility. This is one of the themes in the film 'Lost in Translation'

Thanks to Stephen Schwab for sending me a link to a Liverpool Echo story in February 2022 which showed some Hollywood stars who had enjoyed their visit to the city.

There is a strong connection with many films and Liverpool.

Check out the Film Liverpool twitter feed and website.


The Batman - the latest in the franchise was filmed partly in the city.

Image at the top of the post - Liverpool from the Mersey Ferry - Alan Parkinson, shared under CC license.

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