{"id":8461,"date":"2026-09-23T07:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2026-09-23T07:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T14:19:53","slug":"john-wilsons-the-history-of-concrete-is-anything-but-mundane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=8461","title":{"rendered":"John Wilson\u2019s \u2018The History of Concrete\u2019 Is Anything But Mundane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/concrete-2.jpeg\" alt=\"John Wilson\u2019s \u2018The History of Concrete\u2019 Is Anything But Mundane\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you ever think about concrete?\u201d opens the trailer for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magpictures.com\/thehistoryofconcrete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The History of Concrete<\/a><\/em>, a documentary released in select theaters in the U.S. last Friday. If your answer is no, the quirky new feature by filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsmovies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Wilson<\/a> may mean you can\u2019t get it out of your head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilson is known for the cult-favorite, comedic HBO docuseries <em>How To with John Wilson<\/em>, which he described as being \u201ckind of like that show <em>Planet Earth<\/em>, except if it was only in New York and David Attenborough was forced to film everything himself.\u201d His movie debut is primed for absurdity, delving into something that\u2019s immanently mundane yet fundamental to the way we live.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film captures concrete\u2019s ubiquity in urban sidewalks, buildings, and homes, not to mention the eccentric ways it appears on the streets and in the industries that have grown up around it. To most of us, it\u2019s a kind of infrastructural building block, but through Wilson\u2019s lens, it\u2019s an unlikely medium through which to understand New York and its denizens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See more on the movie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magpictures.com\/thehistoryofconcrete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/concrete-1.jpeg\" alt=\"a still from the movie &apos;The History of Concrete&apos; featuring a man who runs a company called Gum Busters\" class=\"wp-image-477978\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/concrete-3.jpeg\" alt=\"a still from the movie &apos;The History of Concrete&apos; featuring two men jackhammering a concrete slab\" class=\"wp-image-477980\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/concrete-4.jpeg\" alt=\"a still from the movie &apos;The History of Concrete&apos; featuring a self-portrait of filmmaker John Wilson taking a selfie in a mirror\" class=\"wp-image-477981\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\">Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2026\/09\/john-wilson-the-history-of-concrete-movie\/\">John Wilson\u2019s \u2018The History of Concrete\u2019 Is Anything But Mundane<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/\">Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDo you ever think about concrete?\u201d opens the trailer for The History of Concrete, a documentary released in select theaters in the U.S. last Friday. 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