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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: FACETS VIDEO
EAN: 0736899110123
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Facets
Manufacturer: Facets
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Facets
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 39110
Studio: Facets
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, was deeply indebted to Japan for its aesthetic inspiration. This is the story of how he repaid that debt. Wright sought refuge in Japan when he faced public condemnation at home. For six tumultuous years, he struggled to complete the enormous commission of the Hotel Imperial in Tokyo, which helped turn his career around. During the construction of the building, he forged several relationships with Japanese architects who went on to alter Japan's cityscapes and mentor a new generation of architects. Wright's obsession with Japan, and vice versa, vividly reminds us that the creative spirit knows no borders.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (completed 1923) is world famous, but few are aware of just how much time he spent in Japan, how pivotal that hotel was in his career (indeed his relationship with Japan), the other buildings he designed for Japan, or the lasting influence he had on the many Japanese architects who studied under him and worked with him.
Unlike bleak buildings of concrete slabs (modern Japanese public schools leap to mind) and the monolithic towers ... Read More
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In past publications,Mr.Wright's experience in Japan has been difficult to track and has remained mostly mysterious. This cd remedies this. Thorough and well researched,it is an excellent addition to the collection of the serious Wright fan.
The footage and documentation about building the magnificent Imperial Hotel is extensive and it clearly shows how Wright set up his studio in Japan and who worked with him there. I was fascinated to find that many students and architects who assisted ... Read More
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Spending time abroad offers an escape and changes people. Lorena Bobbitt considered returning South America after a famous maiming controversy. Some say Michael Jackson and Michael Richards are abroad after receiving bad press. Gary Glitter ran to Cuba after nefarious charges came against him. This documentary at first seems to dance around the subject, but then it straight-up says FLW's career had fallen in the US because of the news of his flagrant adultery and so he started doing work in Japan. ... Read More
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I knew that Wright was influenced by Japanese art and architecture. I had no idea how much he had influenced them. A very nice movie.
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An informative account of the history behind Frank Lloyd Wright Japanese Buildings although if one is seeking to understand the specific influences that Japanese art, culture, philosophy and architecture had on Wright you will be disappointed...it is rather sparse. Never-the-less one is provided with much information. I have discovered that no one source about Wright provides a well-rounded, informative discourse. This video will suppliment other Wright on Japan sources.
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