I enjoyed this film very much. Don’t worry if you are not a Louis Kahn fan. Kahn’s son made a chronicle of his attempts to know his deceased dad by tracking down his buildings and the people who knew him. It turns out that Kahn cultivated multiple families in secret and trusted only his work, not human relationships. The unraveling of the story increases both our fascination with Kahn and our pity for him and his emotional victims. The movie offers history, a personal interest story, an insightful take on family relations, and of course a look at some important buildings. We frequently doubt whether it is a movie about Kahn or about his son. But most of all the film draws you in and makes the story fun to watch. Like all good “biographies” it asks the question what a human life really consists of. Recommended, and see the second link above (from the ever-excellent www.2blowhards.com) for further links about Kahn and his works.
On a related note, I have just ordered the DVD of another favorite documentary of mine, When We Were Kings, the story of the Ali-Foreman bout in Zaire. And no, I am not a boxing fan, this is a dramatic movie in the best sense of the term.
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