F A C T U A L L Y  T R U E

(a film series for today)

as grandfather says: don't knock it before you try it.

So, we're all here at Auburn to expand our minds, right? OF COURSE.
Therefore, the focus of this semester's film series is going to be factuals.



next movie:

A tale of love and art, betrayal and forgiveness -- in which the illegitimate son of a legendary artist undertakes a five year, worldwide exploration to understand his long-dead father.

Louis I. Kahn, who died in 1974, is considered by many architectural historians tohave been the most important architect of the second half of the twentieth century. A Jewish immigrant who overcame poverty and the effects of adevastating childhood accident, Kahn created a handful of intensely powerful and spiritual buildings -- geometric compositions of brick, concrete and light -- which, in the words of one critic, “change your life.” While Kahn's artistic legacy was an uncompromising search for truth and clarity,his personal life was filled with secrets and chaos: He died, bankrupt and unidentified, in the men's room in Penn Station, New York, leaving behind three families -- one with his wife of many years and two with women with whom he'd had long-term affairs.

In My Architect, the child of one of these extra-maritalrelationships, Kahn's only son Nathaniel, sets out on an epic journey to reconcile the life and work of this mysterious, contradictory man. The riveting narrative leads us from the subterranean corridors of Penn Station to the roiling streets of Bangladesh (where Kahn built the astonishing Capital), and from the coast of New England to the inner sanctums of Jerusalem politics. Along the way, we encounter a series of characters that are by turns fascinating, hilarious, adoring and critical: from the cabbies who drove Kahn around hisnative Philadelphia, to former lovers and clients, to the rarified heights of the world's most celebrated architects -- Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei and Philip Johnson among them.

The filmmaker reveals the haunting beauty of his father's monumental creations and takes us deep within his own divided family, uncovering a world of prejudice, intrigue and the myths that haunt parents and children. In a documentary with the emotional impact of a dramatic feature film (including an original orchestral score), Nathaniel's personal journey becomes a universal investigation of identity, a celebration of art and ultimately, of life itself.
 
previous weeks:
21.03.05 the atomic cafe
07.03.05 stop making sense
21.02.05 standing in the shadows of motown
07.02.05 spellbound
31.01.05 super size me
24.01.05 american movie



>>>Discussion Below>>>

Anything for you, Richard- Maria

It's somewhat short, but what if we watched Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie next? ~Rich

hey, i cant post pictures.  i tried to put the american movie one on here without luck.  i have a new one ready to go, but i dont think i want to do that movie next week. we need to talk m. _uelb
You know, i'm not really sure about Curious.  I bought it, started watching it, then fell asleep during it.  Maybe one day I'll watch it all.  You want to see my posters?  I used to have them on my auburn website, but that has since been taken from me....and my home computer is completely fucked right now, so i can't get to them.  Some of them are in my thesis book...but not in depth.  They don't capture the whole reasoning behind why I did what I did.  I don't know if you know Professor Finn, but I would go chat it up with him for an hour or so.  Mention my name and he'll talk at length with you about it.  Maybe he can explain them.  Hell, last time i was in auburn some of my posters were still plastered on his door....but that was over a year ago.  ask rusty....maybe he saw them.  anyways....good luck with it all.  The one thing I would say to you is to do more than just advertising.  Get crafty with it.  Don't just paste up a sheet of paper telling the time and day of the film......make the common folk capture an experience from the advertising.  Do more than posters.  Ask Finn or Rusty about the Run Lola Run and Amelie Advertisements.  The explanation of those will show you what I mean.  OK...i'm rambling.  there's nothing like burning the companies money for me to chat on the wiki...hehe.  well, good luck again and let me know how the turn outs are.  c|devine

Sure thing, Devine... as soon as we get around to it I'll post some flyers/posters. Do you have any posters you want to show off? I'd love to see anything you've done that you're proud of. Yeah, not sure how well the docs are going to go over in the Dud... we'll see, eh? I know Rusty, Uel, and I will be there at least. I am Curious is a documentary? I thought it was just shot in the style of doc... but, is actually fiction? Or maybe I am thinking of another film...? Haha. You tell me.  Maria Sykes


are you sure this genre will pose well up at the dud?  i know in my time there, it wouldn't have.....so good luck.  well, since you're into docs, are you going to show I Am Curious?  Just wondering.  Hey, can you make a page (or use this one) and show the posters you guys are making.  I'm just curious as to what you guys are up to......I headed up a film series there Spring '03 and worked film (and film advertising in a round-about way) into my thesis.  Fun times.  __c|devine