Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater: A Conversation with Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. [VHS]
by Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
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Actor: Edward Herrmann, Julie Harris, Philip Bosco, Sab ShimonoDirector: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 56 minutes
Release Date: 1999-03-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Tapeworm Video
Studio: Tapeworm Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater: A Conversation with Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. [VHS]
Movie Review: Excellent documentary
Summary: 5 Stars
As usual, Ken Burns has done a masterful job - full of facts and little known information but so very interesting. Whatever he does, he does well. Looking forward to seeing his work on the national parks! And attending his seminar at Chautauqua this summer. Great price for this video through the Amazon sellers.
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Summary of Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater: A Conversation with Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. [VHS]
Fallingwater, the Edgar J. Kaufmann house, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1934 and 1937. Considered the greatest American house of this century, it is sited on a spectacular waterfall in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. The remarkable history of Wright's masterpiece is presented in this new hour-long documentary, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art. Produced and directed by Kenneth Love, FALLINGWATER features rare home movies of Mr. Wright and Mr. Kaufmann and describes in detail the extraordinary building as well as the events that led to Mr. Wright's commission. Based on an extensive interview with the client's son, who was also a Wright apprentice, FALLINGWATER is the definitive film on the greatest creation of America's greatest architect.The beauty of Frank Lloyd Wright is that aside from telling a long and often melodramatic story lucidly, it deals with issues of art and architecture in ways that are approachable but not simplistic. (It's also surprisingly scandalous, although this is seen as part of his art.) Wright was first and foremost a rebel who took his cues from nature, though, as one commentator points out, this is not to say his approach was natural. What he was rebelling against was the clutter and claustrophobia of Victorian architecture. The rooms he designed opened up on each other, and his exteriors seemed to grow laterally out of the landscape. All of these ideas are neatly illustrated--although it perhaps could have been explained how Wright's later, whimsical designs related to his earlier, earthbound ones--with some marvelous footage of a Wright lily pad column supporting a load of sandbags and quiet Steadicam shots of Wright interiors that give the viewer a feeling for his sense of light and harmony. The filmmakers have wisely kept the technical talk to a minimum, but they are also not afraid to step back and let the experts ruminate on the nature of his genius, even when these experts are at a loss for words. Burns has made stars of some of his commentators in previous films, and in this one the late critic Brendan Gill shines. Wright himself comes across as a man who never doubted himself, a lousy father, and self-consciously Byronic. His vitality and larger-than-life persona seemed to belong to the 19th century, making him--and this is perhaps a mixed blessing--the last of his kind. --John Clark
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