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My Architect

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My Architect (2003)
Trailer for this documentary about mysterious architect, Louis Kahn
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Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.Director Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.
IMDb RATING
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3.3K
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  • Director
    • Nathaniel Kahn
  • Writer
    • Nathaniel Kahn
  • Stars
    • Edmund Bacon
    • Edwina Pattison Daniels
    • Balkrishna Doshi
  • Director
    • Nathaniel Kahn
  • Writer
    • Nathaniel Kahn
  • Stars
    • Edmund Bacon
    • Edwina Pattison Daniels
    • Balkrishna Doshi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Edmund Bacon
    • Self
    Edwina Pattison Daniels
    • Aunt Eddie
    Balkrishna Doshi
    • Self
    • (as B.V. Doshi)
    Frank Gehry
    Frank Gehry
    • Self
    • (as Frank O. Gehry)
    Philip Johnson
    • Self
    Louis Kahn
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Nathaniel Kahn
    Nathaniel Kahn
    • Self
    Sue Ann Kahn
    • Self
    Haym Richard Katz
    Haym Richard Katz
    • Richard Katz
    Teddy Kollek
    • Self
    Harriet Pattison
    • Self
    Priscilla Pattison
    • Aunt Posie
    I.M. Pei
    I.M. Pei
    • Self
    Moshe Safdie
    Moshe Safdie
    • Self
    Robert A.M. Stern
    • Self
    Alexandra Tyng
    • Self
    Anne Tyng
    • Self
    Shamsul Wares
    • Self
    • Director
      • Nathaniel Kahn
    • Writer
      • Nathaniel Kahn
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Quotes

      Louis Kahn: How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004)

    User reviews37

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    9/10
    Son of an Architect
    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.
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    • Apr 6, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 12, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mimar babam - Bir oğlun yolculuğu
    • Filming locations
      • Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA
    • Production companies
      • Louis Kahn Project Inc.
      • Mediaworks
      • New Yorker Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,750,707
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $37,929
      • Nov 16, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,920,081
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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