The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Murray Grigor
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Actor: Frank Lloyd WrightDirector: Murray Grigor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-19
Studio: Direct Cinema Limited
DVD Reviews of The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
DVD Review: The Definitive FLW.
Summary: 5 Stars
This 75 minute video with the help of the Arts Council of Great Britain presents many intimate photographs of many of Wright's homes and projects. This video does not focus on the controversy surrounding FLW's life, but explores in great detail the work of the man and those who influenced him, including his Welsh family and roots and Walt Whitman. Anne Baxter, one of Wright's granddaughters, does a masterful and calm presentation of her grandfather's work. This is THE video that you want in case you cannot do a 'round the country tour of Wright's projects, which seem to span from The Guggenheim Museum in New York to the Marin County Civic Center in California to Taliesin West near Scottsdale, Arizona. Save some time, money, and air fare by purchasing this disc, which is far less expensive than a complete tour of the many FLW projects which are shown in this video. The emphasis of this DVD is on the design, craftsmanship, and integrity of FLW, and not on his apparent "mistakes" of his life. This video will be good for the family, the classroom, AND for the Soul. Happy FLW viewing!DVD Review: Excellent biography of important American architect and designer.
Summary: 5 Stars
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a thoughtful, well crafted presentation of a gifted man who through his entire life was concentrating on creating special and unique architectural designs which incorporate the site - landscaping which supports and illuminates the design, the architecture itself, which stretches technology and imagination to its limits, the interior design which complements the end users life and lifestyle and the furnishings - furniture and accessories, textiles which are an extension of the design and a part of a well thought out whole.
Great visual presentations of a great variety of Wright projects.
Also, it is very nice to have the narration for the film done by award winning actress Anne Baxter who was Frank Lloyd Wright's granddaughter.
Overall, very worthwhile for those who don't know or who already know about the man and his work. Very informative.
Description of The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
For more than seventy-five years, Frank Lloyd Wright played a central role in the development of modern architecture. From his early prairie houses, which brought together Japanese and other influences in a quintessentially midwestern design, to the revolutionary Johnson Wax Building, to the later masterpieces, Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum, Wright strove to realize his unique vision in which living and working environments co-exist in harmony with nature.The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a sumptuous and comprehensive survey of Wright s life and career, from his apprenticeship with Louis Sullivan in Chicago to his final days at Taliesin in Wisconsin. Among the bulidings included here are Robie House, the Wright Home and Studio, Ennis House, Millard House, Unity Temple, the Larkin Building, Hollyhock House, the Guggenheim Museum and many others. Featuring rare recordings of Wright s own reflections on his work and the principles that guided him, the film combines beautiful camerawork with imaginative use of period detail to capture the buildings that continue to evoke awe and admiration today. More, the film shows Wright as a pioneer not only of functional design, but of such utopian projects as the build-it-yourself 'Usonian automatic' house and an early prototype for a solar residence.
Narrated by Wright's granddaughter, actress Anne Baxter, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is a brilliant introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's great visionaries, whose concepts of form and function are, in large measure, the basis of contemporary design.
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