Sketches of Frank Gehry DVD

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"Refreshing, instructive and very satisfying. " – Richard Schickel, Time MagazineAcademy Award-winning director and lifelong friend to Gehry, Sydney Pollack sketches an intimate portrait of this most acclaimed and controversial architect.Rebelling against the status quo, Frank Gehry's struggle to create the impossible has resulted in such contemporary masterpieces as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the stunning Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Beginning with rough sketches, then moving to models made of cardboard and tape, Gehry's genius transforms, steel, titanium and glass into the most heart-stopping structures known world-wide.Features:Shot with a combination of film and Mini DV to quietly and unobtrusively capture the essence of Gehry's unique process and personalityInterviews with Gehry's therapist Milton Wexler, artist/director Julian Schnabel and more Q & A with Director Sydney PollackLearn how Gehry changed the landscape of modern architecture, transforming it from a conventional science into a sublime and majestic form of art.

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