Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Release Date:

13 September 2006 (France)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot:

A look at the life and work of the renown architect.

Plot Keywords:

Artist | Architect | Building | Architecture | Museum

Cast

Charles Arnoldi	...	Himself (as Chuck Arnoldi)
Barry Diller	...	Himself
Michael Eisner	...	Himself
Rolf Fehlbaum	...	Himself
Hal Foster	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mildred Friedman	...	Herself
Frank O. Gehry	...	Himself
Bob Geldof	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
Charles Jencks	...	Himself
Philip Johnson	...	Himself
Thomas Krens	...	Himself
Peter Lewis	...	Himself
Herbert Muschamp	...	Himself
Michael Ovitz	...	Himself
Sydney Pollack	...	Himself
Norman Rosenthal	...	Himself
Edward Ruscha	...	Himself
Esa-Pekka Salonen	...	Himself
Julian Schnabel	...	Himself
Milton Wexler	...	Himself

Directed by
Sydney Pollack

Produced by
Stanley F. Buchthal	....	executive producer
Cathrine Ellis	....	line producer
Julie Goldman	....	co-executive producer
Ultan Guilfoyle	....	producer
Maya Hoffmann	....	executive producer
Krysanne Katsoolis	....	co-executive producer
Susan Lacy	....	executive producer
Sydney Pollack	....	executive producer
Caroline Stevens	....	co-executive producer
Brainerd Taylor	....	associate producer
Hiro Yamagata	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Claes Nystrom		(as Sorman & Nystrom)
Jonas Sorman		(as Sorman & Nystrom)

Cinematography by
Marcus Birsel
Ultan Guilfoyle
Sydney Pollack
Claudio Rocha
George Tiffin

Film Editing by
Karen Schmeer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bruce Sears	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Adrian Bell	....	sound recordist
Tom Efinger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Efinger	....	sound supervisor
John Moros	....	sound editor
Jon Oh	....	sound
Nicholas Schenck	....	additional sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Marcello Duarte	....	assistant camera
Eric Jennings	....	first assistant camera
Michael Lindquist	....	assistant camera
Steve Mulcahey	....	key grip
Bruce Sears	....	assistant camera
James Tavella	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Michael Weingrad	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)

Other crew
Kiki Allgeier	....	production administration
Sophie Heldman	....	location manager
Melissa Lintinger	....	production accountant
Heidi Sowards	....	location manager
Keri Wilson	....	assistant to director

Thanks
Dia Sokol	....	thanks

Production Companies

• American Masters
• LM Media
• Mirage Enterprises
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• SP Architecture
• WNET Thirteen

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Artificial Eye (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Wise Policy (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• BIM Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cinetic Media  world sales

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Anaheim ICE - 300 W. Lincoln Avenue, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

American Masters

Trivia:

The last film (documentary) directed by Sydney Pollack.

Movie Connections:

References Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV)

New ways of seeing, light on buildings

Getting two old friends together to make a documentary feels like a great way to make sense of the life process.

You get the sense that both Sydney Pollack and Frank have found a vast range to connections that celebrate life through architecture and film.

There is an oft quoted line - "dancing about architecture" I say why not.

There are some very funny "cameo's in this doco such as Julian "bathrobe" Schnabel.

Would have been good to hear more from the con side of why other architects don't like the Gehry style but otherwise a very warm and concise way to get perspective on the man and his work.