Toiling away in his backyard in Butler, Pa (outside of Pittsburgh), Ron Heist is a 66-year-old man who built his first structure at age 16 and kept going, creating an elaborate multi-room network above and below ground without mortar and nails. How does he do it? The weight of the structure supports its walls–if that sounds like a major liability for his visitors, you’re not alone.
A member of a “lost generation,” a group of adults who were never officially diagnosed autistic, he operates on a precise clock telling friends and family to call between 6:03 and 7:03 a.m. when he takes his breakfast–after which it’s back in the maze or foraging for building materials from abandoned rust belt towns. Taken care of by his brother and 90-year-old mother, Ron persists as the family worries about and explores his future, estimating they will need approximately a...
A member of a “lost generation,” a group of adults who were never officially diagnosed autistic, he operates on a precise clock telling friends and family to call between 6:03 and 7:03 a.m. when he takes his breakfast–after which it’s back in the maze or foraging for building materials from abandoned rust belt towns. Taken care of by his brother and 90-year-old mother, Ron persists as the family worries about and explores his future, estimating they will need approximately a...
- 11/17/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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