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Eero Saarinen : the architect who saw the future
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Explore the life of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whose visionary buildings include St. Louis's Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan. Travel with his son as ...
Explore the life of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, whose visionary buildings include St. Louis's Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center in Michigan. Travel with his son as he showcases the architect's body of timeless work, which continues to inspire amongst renewed interest in 20th century architects and artists who exploded the constraints of the past to create a robust and daring American aesthetic. Includes ultra high-definition drone footage, rare archival interviews, and new interviews with architects Kevin Roche, César Pelli, Rafael Viñoly, and Robert A.M. Stern, as well as other notable figures.
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- Creator
- a co-production of Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., Thirteen's American masters for WNET, and Detroit Public Television in association with YLE ; produced and directed by Peter Rosen
- Included Title
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- American masters (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Rosen, Peter, 1943- television producer, television director, host
- Franzén, Peter, voice actor
- Danner, Blythe, voice actor
- Saarinen, Eric, television producer, director of photography
- Moby, composer (expression)
- Peter Rosen Productions
- Thirteen Productions
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Detroit Public Television
- Yleisradio Oy
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- PBS Distribution (Firm)
- Publication
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- Extended director's cut
- [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017]
- [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (approximately 68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- ISBNs
- 9781627897969, 1627897968
- OCLC
- ocn963974870
- Credits
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- Host, Peter Rosen ; voice of Eero Saarinen, Peter Franzén ; voice of Aline Saarinen, Blythe Danner
- Director of photography/co-producer, Eric Saarinen ; music, Moby ; editors, Kris Liem, Adam Zucker
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast in 2016 as an episode of the PBS television series: American masters.
- Special features: First Christ Church scout; MIT Chapel construction; Chapel description; CBS building story.
- DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.