Saturday, April 09, 2005

My Architect

Anyone who's ever been fascinated with Louis Kahn should definitely see My Architect, a documentary in which Kahn's illegitimate son follows his famous dad's tracks around to try to get to know him posthumously.

Anyone who's just into the romantic myth of the self-centered, purist, eccentric artist should also definitely see the film.

Anyone who wants to see a film which really gets at the core issues of being a kid of an absentee, jackass father should probably see the film. I'll be more certain tomorrow when we've watched the whole thing, thus far some of that has been overshadowed by the luminaries of the architectural world praising Kahn.

Anybody who likes the quirky sorts of types that documentaries can dig up should very probably see the film. The Kahn kid has an Arbus-like eye for the quirky ones.

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