Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center, Saarinen also designed New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University’s Ingalls Rink and Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Virginia’s Dulles Airport, and modernist pedestal furniture like the Tulip chair.

2016

1h 10min

TMDB watch IMDb

Top Billed Cast

Blythe Danner
Aline Saarinen (voice)
Peter Franzén
Eero Saarinen (voice)

Similar movies

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
01 Jan 1968
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)
La face cachées de l'Hôtel Dieu de Lyon
La face cachées de l'Hôtel Dieu de Lyon
02 Dec 2019
La face cachées de l'Hôtel Dieu de Lyon
No overview found
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
08 Sep 2016
Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
No overview found
And Then We Heard Shouts and Cries
And Then We Heard Shouts and Cries
01 May 2018
And Then We Heard Shouts and Cries
A documentary about the 1968 explosion in the residential Ronan Point tower in East London. The building had only been opened for several weeks when a gas explosion led to a partial collapse of the upper floors of the structure. It was later deemed to have been built in an unsafe fashion. Voices of those involved are heard in the film.
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
31 Mar 2012
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. The film shows the sites of the Architecture series shot in southern France, the huge installation art work at 17th Biennale of Sydney, his new work Mathematics at Provence, his art studio while working on Lightning Fields, and more. It thoroughly pursues the question Sugimoto's works pose - "living in modern times, what are these works trying to tell us?" A thrilling look into the world of Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers
Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers
02 Feb 1938
Die Bauten Adolf Hitlers
Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler claimed that between 1934 and 1940, the Nazi rule of Germany had produced architectural uniqueness, and this film was produced to shown to attempt to validate that. The opening montage gives a survey of earlier Gothic and Baroque structures in the country as an example of "architectural superiority" that the German race was said to be the sole inventor of; then moves on to deride the recent construction of the Bauhaus school (with a racially motivated score of Jazz music) and an example of German "architectural decay." Then proceeds to show off buildings constructed by the Nazi and an architectural revival, to "last 1000 years," Film also spends a great of time dwelling on massive and "busy" monuments that had been erected all over the county.
City Dreamers
City Dreamers
10 Nov 2018
City Dreamers
Urban architecture as seen through the eyes of four female veterans in the field.
A ház
A ház
10 Jul 1975
A ház
No overview found
Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's challenge
Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's challenge
09 Apr 2022
Sagrada Familia - Gaudi's challenge
Combining real footage, archival footage, fiction and 3D modeling, this unseen documentary traces the history of this spectacular and unfinished work.
For Aesthetic Reasons
For Aesthetic Reasons
01 Jan 1999
For Aesthetic Reasons
Andres Kurg is an art historian who likes Danish modernist architecture and therefore wants to settle there. He argues with Danish officials to grant him a residence permit for aesthetic reasons.
Coast Modern
Coast Modern
11 Oct 2012
Coast Modern
A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geography and values and left behind a legacy of inspired dwellings. Today, architects celebrate the influence established by their predecessors.
Drafting: Occupations & Opportunities
Drafting: Occupations & Opportunities
01 Jan 1968
Drafting: Occupations & Opportunities
Treats drafting as a means of visual communication and a key to organized training and planning. Discusses the importance of drafting in various fields such as architecture, engineering, and industry. Drafting allows individuals to communicate their ideas visually, leading to accurate planning and construction. It is emphasized that drafting skills open up numerous career opportunities in different industries.
The Hermits
The Hermits
20 May 2019
The Hermits
In the midst of the chaos of México City, a group of eight bachelor millennials who call themselves ´The Hermits´, open the doors to their tiny apartments in the historic Ermita Building, in the yet-to-be gentrified neighborhood of Tacubaya, and share their life experiences in a time when precarity changes the way in which we love, feel and relate to each other. As we explore the homes of these eight neighbors, we also witness their personalities intersect in a Whatsapp chat, a virtual space that functions as a supporting system that helps them face the adversities that living alone in this city brings.
Gaudí, le génie visionnaire de Barcelone
Gaudí, le génie visionnaire de Barcelone
29 May 2022
Gaudí, le génie visionnaire de Barcelone
In Barcelona, the Casa Batlló alone sums up the genius of Antoni Gaudí. During the exhibition devoted to it by the Musée d'Orsay, we take a guided tour of this eccentric, colorful residence, completed in 1906.
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
25 Feb 2012
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, California, asked world-famous modern architect Richard Neutra to design his modest family home. To Oyler's surprise, Neutra agreed. Thus began an unlikely friendship that led to the design and construction of an iconic mid-century modern masterpiece.
Gaudi, Catalunya
Gaudi, Catalunya
01 Jan 1959
Gaudi, Catalunya
In 1959 Hiroshi Teshigahara shot the following 16 mm footage of he and his father’s first trip to Barcelona and the outlying Catalonian countryside, including a visit to the home of Salvador Dali in Port Lligat. The footage was recorded without sound.
Mr Funkis
Mr Funkis
29 Apr 2022
Mr Funkis
Based on a series of interviews documentary film maker Anders Wahlgren made with architect Sven Markelius in 1969. Sven Markelius was one of the most radical architects in Sweden for many years. Since these interviews were the only recorded interviews made with Markelius we can get some insight into his philosophy 50 years later.
DUE SEGNI
DUE SEGNI
19 May 2022
DUE SEGNI
A film commissioned by architects Vitangelo Ardito and Nicoletta Faccitondo (Polytechnic University of Bari) as a companion piece to the book 'Umberto Riva. Perciò è sempre una sorpresa - 19 conversazioni'.
Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind
Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind
30 Apr 2019
Der Stoff, aus dem Träume sind
No overview found
Amancio Williams
Amancio Williams
18 Nov 2013
Amancio Williams
A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.