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MPAA Rating - n/a

Length:
    116 Minutes

Genre:
    Visual Arts [nf]

Original Release Date:
    Feb 15, 2005

Director
    Nathaniel Kahn

Cast
    Nathaniel Kahn, Louis I. Kahn

 
Movie Summary
My Architect is filmmaker Nathaniel Kahns intimate exploration of his fathers life. Louis Kahn, the renowned architect, was found dead in Penn Station in 1974. He died in massive debt. His obituary in The New York Times mentioned Kahns importance to modern architecture, but did not mention that he had a son. As it turned out, very few people knew that Louis Kahn led a kind of double life. He had a wife and daughter, but he also had two other children by two mistresses. Nathaniel traces his fathers past, from his childhood to his prominence in the world of architecture. He interviews Louis peers, including Frank Gehry, Philip Johnson, and I.M. Pei. He also interviews his own mother and his two half sisters. The filmmaker tries to reconcile his fathers prestige with his financial ruin, and his passion for his work with his insensitive treatment of the women in his life and the children he fathered. He also travels the globe examining his fathers legacy -- the buildings he designed throughout the world. My Architect was shown at New Directors/New Films in 2003. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide


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