A city can allow for the freedom of movement, or it can be a contact-tracing totalitarian nightmare.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/jan/29/future-cities-in-film
https://gizmodo.com/dark-city-cool-art-awesome-neo-noir-and-urban-fantasy-5803812
https://www.intjournal.com/thinkpieces/alphaville-is-50-after-modernism-lost-it-meaning-it-still-had-its-looks An enduring example of a totalitarin smartcity from a 1960s perspective.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)
https://ivypanda.com/essays/representations-of-the-distopian-city
http://www.visionsofthecity.com/alphaville.htm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Metropolis-film-1927
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2016/feature-articles/alienation-alphaville-playtime/