article_snippet.sent: "Lost River" setting, a besmirched and decaying Detroit.
article_snippet.sent: Wavering on the brink of annihilation, yet providing kindling for "Lost River" own rebirth, the city of Detroit is captured in all the city of Detroit waning splendor, the perfect backdrop for Ryan Gosling's's post-industrial gothic.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking about the film in London, Ryan Gosling's made clear that the city of Detroit was at the heart of the project -- in fact, without Detroit's crumbling edifices there would be no film at all.
article_snippet.sent: Ryan Gosling's said that "Lost River" began as a collection of speculative shots of the Brewster-Douglass Projects, the first black social housing development in America and a place Motown legends The Supremes and boxer Joe Louis once called home.
article_snippet.sent: Gosling's affection for the city of Detroit is longstanding, the actor growing up "not too far away" in Cornwall, Ontario.
article_snippet.sent: As much as the visual content of "Lost River" revolves around a maudlin preoccupation with dereliction -- and perhaps plays on the outside world's perception of Detroit -- aspects of the narrative suggest hope and the possibility of reincarnation for the city.
article_snippet.sent: Gosling claims this paradox should exist when discussing Detroit, and is precisely what the film is trying to convey.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, "Lost River", is set in the city of Detroit .