Renowned architect Frank Gehry loves to sketch; it is the beginning of his architectural process. And it is his love of the sketch that gave filmmaker and friend
Sydney Pollack his first clues to the style of this documentary film. Beginning with Gehry's own original sketches for each major project, the film explores Gehry's process of turning these abstract drawings, first into tangible, three-dimensional models, often made simply of cardboard and scotch tape then into finished buildings of titanium and glass, concrete and steel, wood and stone.
At the heart of the film is the low-key, informal quality that Pollack brings to his conversations with Gehry, and the many other participants in the film. Pollack's ability to pierce the skin of architectural theory allows him to draw deep insights into the life of this extraordinary architect and his singular architectural process.
Well done. You come away from from this documentary flick with the feeling that you really got to know someone. And Gehry is `someone` worth getting to know; a brilliant architect, an artist, and an amazingly self-deprecating guy.
I really loved this movie !! The dialogue was interesting, I was constantly stimulated.