Great expectations : a journey through the history of visionary architecture
(DVD)
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2007].
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Island Public Library - Stacks | DVD 720.92 GRE | On Shelf |
| St. Charles Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction Videos | 724.6 GRE | On Shelf |
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Published
Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52, 53 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
0854565001251, 854565001251
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Two films by Jesper Wachtmeister in one disc.
General Note
Originally broadcast as a television program on April 13, 2007 [Great expectations].
General Note
Special features: (Great expectations): Le Corbusier's functionalist cities; Buckminster fuller's lightweight geodesic domes; Moshe Safdie's habitat '67 prefab apartments; Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum and other anthroposophy buildings in Switzerland; Oscar Niemeyer's sleek urban designs for Brasilia; Paolo Soleri's "archology" of crystal-like desert cities; Antti Lovag's curved surfaces of Palais Bulles in France; Jacque Fresco's utopian Venus project in Florida; Peter Cook and Colin Fournier's biomorphic Kunsthaus Graz in Austria.
General Note
Special feature: (Kochuu): Pritzker prize winning architects Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn.
Creation/Production Credits
Great expectations : Cinematographer, Simon Pramsten ; animations, Måns Swanberg, Pistachios ; music, Silverbullit.
Creation/Production Credits
Kochuu : Camera, Askild Vik Edvadsen ; music, Benny Nilsen.
Participants/Performers
Great expectations : [Narrator: Simon Chilvers].
Participants/Performers
Kochuu : Commentary: Tadao Ando, Sverre Fehn, Toyo Ito, Kristian Gullichsen.
Description
Great expectations : Looks at innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architectural projects of the 20th century. Shows how contemporary problems like housing shortages, urban decay and pollution motivate architects to create changes in the way people live. Considers plans that have actually been constructed and animates some unrealized visions to see how they might have looked. Features works by Rudolf Steiner, Le Corbusier, Moshe Safdie, Oscar Niemeyer, Jacque Fresco, Peter Cook, Colin Fournier, Levitt & Sons, Antti Lovag, Peter Vetsch, and Paolo Soler.
Description
Kochuu : Documentary about modern Japanese architecture, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. "Kochuu" which translates as "in the jar, " refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe. Features interviews with some of Japan's leading architects as well as Scandinavian contemporaries.
System Details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC.
Language
Great expectations : Narration in English. Some interviews in French, German or Portuguese with English subtitles.
Language
Kochuu : Soundtrack in Japanese, Norwegian, and Finnish with subtitles in English.
Local note
DVD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wachtmeister, J., Chilvers, S., Andō, T., Fehn, S., Itō, T., & Gullichsen, K. (2007). Great expectations: a journey through the history of visionary architecture . First Run/Icarus Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jesper. Wachtmeister et al.. 2007. Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jesper. Wachtmeister et al.. Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films, 2007.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wachtmeister, J., Chilvers, S., Andō, T., Fehn, S., Itō, T. and Gullichsen, K. (2007). Great expectations: a journey through the history of visionary architecture. Brooklyn, NY: First Run/Icarus Films.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wachtmeister, Jesper., et al. Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture First Run/Icarus Films, 2007.
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