A biography of the life and work of the American architect.A biography of the life and work of the American architect.A biography of the life and work of the American architect.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
Edward Herrmann
- Narrator
- (voice)
- Directors
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNot counting all the other delinquent bills that Wright left for his wife, the grocery bill alone came to approximately $30,000 in 2022 dollars.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
- SoundtracksMoonglow
Written by Will Hudson, Edgar De Lange, and Irving Mills
Performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
Courtesy of EMI Music Publishing, Scarsdale Music Corp., and RCA Records Label of BMG Music
Featured review
Love the man, not his architecture
I can't help liking a man so devoted to what he perceived as excellence, but it's possible to find his creations less than perfect. They were too costly and impractical and may have started a pernicious trend in architecture: ostentation rather than comfort. Wright seems to forget that buildings are there to serve us, not the other way around. He seems more at home on the stage, as a set designer for futuristic films or operas, rather than the real world. Did he like Beethoven? Well, so do I, and Chausson and Faure too. This is a great documentary about a fascinating man, at war with practicality and mortality.
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- ivan-22
- Nov 13, 2002
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- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
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