Eero Saarinen : the architect who saw the future

Eero Saarinen The architect who saw the future

DVD - 2017

Explore the life of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whose visionary buildings include St. Louis's Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan. Travel with his son as he showcases the architect's body of timeless work, which continues to inspire amongst renewed interest in 20th century architects and artists who exploded the constraints of the past to create a robust and daring American aesthetic. Includes ultra high-definition drone footage, rare archival interviews, and new interviews with architects Kevin Roche, César Pelli, Rafael Viñoly, and Robert A.M. Stern, as well as other notable figures.

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Subjects
Saarinen, Eero, > 1910-1961.
Architects > United States > Biography.
Finnish Americans > Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Biographical television programs
Documentary television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS [2017]
Language
English
Corporate Author
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Corporate Author
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (production company)
Other Authors
Peter Franzén (voice actor), Blythe Danner
Edition
Extended director's cut ; widescreen
Item Description
Title from container.
Originally broadcast in 2016 as an episode of the PBS television series: American masters.
Special features: First Christ Church scout; MIT Chapel construction; Chapel description; CBS building story.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Eric Saarinen ; music, Moby ; editors, Kris Liem, Adam Zucker.
ISBN
9781627897969
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

This semibiographical documentary chronicles the life and achievements of modernist architect Eero Saarinen (1910-61). Unlike more personal films such as Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect, about his father, architect Louis Kahn, this PBS documentary, as told by the subject's son, Eric, focuses on the extraordinary achievements of the prodigious Finnish American modernist genius who produced the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Washington Dulles International Airport, and furniture like the tulip chair and other furnishings designed with Charles Eames. Interviews and testimony from architects and critics such as Kevin Roche, Cesar Pelli, Robert A.M. Stern, and Paul Goldberger help to establish Saarinen's work. Also featured are archival interviews with Saarinen and his second wife, New York Times art critic Aline Saarinen, who was instrumental during their marriage and after his death in promoting and preserving his legacy. -VERDICT An important addition to collections on 20th-century modernist art, design, and -architecture.-Herbert E. Shapiro, Lifelong -Learning Soc., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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