Mies

APPROPIATE

1986 / 63min.

Rating0

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.

Directors

Michael Blackwood

Actors

Peter Eisenman

Robert A.M. Stern

Philip Johnson

Mies van der Rohe

Philip Johnson

Franz Schulze

Peter Blake

George Danforth

Arthur Drexler

James Ingo Freed

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