Movies: Philip Johnson

  • 2003
    My Architect: A Son's Journey

    My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003)

    My Architect: A Son's Journey

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    World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live wi...

    My Architect: A Son's Journey
  • 1986
    Mies

    Mies (1986)

    Mies

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    No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies exp...

    Mies
  • 2006
    Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

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    First and foremost, Frank Gehry is an artist. Described as a young child as having golden hands, Frank begins his creation through sketch. Forming thought into substantive sculpture, the marriage of art and architechure is brought to life. Join direc...

    Sketches of Frank Gehry
  • 1965
    The Responsive Eye

    The Responsive Eye (1965)

    The Responsive Eye

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    Before Brian De Palma became a narrative film maker he made documentaries. Among them is The Responsive Eye, which chronicles the Museum of Modern Art’s 1965 exhibition of op-art. Curated by William Seitz, this was the first significant exhibit of op...

    The Responsive Eye
  • 1980
    The Shock of the New

    The Shock of the New (1980)

    The Shock of the New

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    A definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by critic Robert Hughes....

    The Shock of the New
  • 1994
    Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century

    Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century (1994)

    Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century

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    Bauhaus - The Face of the 20th Century, written and narrated by Frank Whitford, is an art documentary depicting the visual science generated from the outpouring of avant-garde ideas of this innovative educational undertaking....

    Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century