Fresh
The young Kahn is not a graceful filmmaker. Yet the subject matter is engrossing for anyone interested in architecture and also one of its greatest practitioners.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
My Architect: A Son's Journey
A man. His buildings. His secret lives.
2003 · 1h 56m · N/A Documentary
Overview
World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.
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Isn't a bad place to begin if you're curious about architecture and don't know much about Louis Kahn.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
By the end of My Architect, Kahn has learned that the central contradiction of his father's life can't be resolved -- and that realization becomes the filmmaker's solace and the film's triumph.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Fresh
The finest achievement of My Architect is the way the son locates the light of his father's personality.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
It is a stunning work that captures with elegance -- and touches of lyricism -- the challenge of finding the man through the artist.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
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