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12 November 2003 (USA) moreTagline:
The secret life of architectural genius Louis Kahn morePlot:
Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Watch Your Back Depp: Design Films Are On a Roll (From Fast Company. 7 July 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
400 Screens, 400 Blows - Doc Rant
(From Cinematical. 6 March 2009, 5:03 PM, PST)
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Son of an Architect moreCast
(Credited cast)| Edmund Bacon | ... | Himself | |
| Edwina Pattison Daniels | ... | Aunt Eddie | |
| Balkrishna Doshi | ... | Himself (as B.V. Doshi) | |
| Frank O. Gehry | ... | Himself | |
| Philip Johnson | ... | Himself | |
| Louis Kahn | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Nathaniel Kahn | ... | Himself | |
| Sue Ann Kahn | ... | Herself | |
| Haym Richard Katz | ... | Richard Katz | |
| Teddy Kollek | ... | Himself | |
| Harriet Pattison | ... | Herself | |
| Priscilla Pattison | ... | Aunt Posie | |
| I.M. Pei | ... | Himself | |
| Moshe Safdie | ... | Himself | |
| Robert A.M. Stern | ... | Himself | |
| Alexandra Tyng | ... | Herself | |
| Anne Tyng | ... | Herself | |
| Shamsul Wares | ... | Himself |
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Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PGFilming Locations:
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, USAFun Stuff
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Louis Kahn: How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance. moreFAQ
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My Architect is a great film about Nathaniel Kahn's search for himself via the legacy of his famous Architect father, Louis Kahn, dead since 1974. The film builds slowly, but perfectly, and what starts out as a seemingly lost fortysomething's identity crisis unfolds into a beautiful tale with much deeper meaning with regard to the importance of love, loss, family and perhaps more importantly, our life's work.
I had never heard of Louis Kahn prior to this film, although I was vaguely familiar with some of his work. Through the words (both good and bad) of Louis Kahn's colleagues, you get a very good sense of what Nathaniel must have felt as memories are recalled and stories retold. Sometimes it seemed as though these people were telling Nathaniel how to feel about his father. As I listened to each recollection, my own opinion of this man would range from beautiful to horrible, sometimes in the span of a moment, so you get a good feel for the rollercoaster that Nathaniel's emotions must have been riding.
The final sequence in Bangladesh totally made the film for me. The reverence of which the people of Bangladesh spoke of Louis Kahn's work tied all the loose ends together nicely for me, and, hopefully, for Nathaniel.
I think Nathaniel Kahn finally found what he was looking for.