My Architect
Documentary
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2003
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World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.
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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
116 min
Release date:
12 Nov 2003
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It is a stunning work that captures with elegance -- and touches of lyricism -- the challenge of finding the man through the artist.
– Marta Barber,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb 2004
fresh:
The finest achievement of My Architect is the way the son locates the light of his father's personality.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
19 Mar 2004
fresh:
By the end of My Architect, Kahn has learned that the central contradiction of his father's life can't be resolved -- and that realization becomes the filmmaker's solace and the film's triumph.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
19 Mar 2004
fresh:
Isn't a bad place to begin if you're curious about architecture and don't know much about Louis Kahn.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar 2004
fresh:
The young Kahn is not a graceful filmmaker. Yet the subject matter is engrossing for anyone interested in architecture and also one of its greatest practitioners.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
25 Mar 2004