In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel (1995)

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Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents' home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism. Avoiding the nostalgia of fashionable postmodernism throughout the eighties, Gwathmey partnered with Robert Siegel, and their firm continues to create innovative houses, corporate, institutional and university buildings across America. This documentary ranges from the deMenil villa on the dunes of Easthampton to their Guggenheim Museum addition. We hear from such leading architects as Philip Johnson and Peter Eisenman, and from filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who describes how a journey through a Gwathmey Siegel house creates the same sense of drama as a well-made movie.

Director: Murray Grigor
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 45 min
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Production: Checkerboard Film Foundation
Original Language: en

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What is In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel about?
Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents' home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism. Avoiding the nostalgia of fashionable postmodernism throughout the eighties, Gwathmey partnered with Robert Siegel, and their firm continues to create innovative houses, corporate, institutional and university buildings across America. This documentary ranges from the deMenil villa on the dunes of Easthampton to their Guggenheim Museum addition. We hear from such leading architects as Philip Johnson and Peter Eisenman, and from filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who describes how a journey through a Gwathmey Siegel house creates the same sense of drama as a well-made movie.
Who directed In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel?
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel was directed by Murray Grigor.
Who stars in In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel?
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel stars Steven Spielberg, Charles Gwathmey, Robert H. Siegel.
How long is In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel?
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel has a runtime of 45m (45 minutes).
What genre is In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel?
In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel is a Documentary film.