2024-12-21T23:59:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150033489/my-dad-the-starchitect-an-emerging-documentary-subgenre Alexander Walter 2017-10-16T14:21:00-04:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5q/5qklrml5g8no82ig.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In an emerging subgenre of architectural documentary, Nathaniel Kahn, Tomas Koolhaas, and Eric Saarinen take a personal look at their mythologized fathers. [...] Whether a film deals in the social or monumental legacy of an architect, the idea of the genius&mdash;which has been so unevenly applied&mdash;should come under scrutiny. As the children of architects have conferred through these films, nobody can be all things to all people.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In her piece for <em>CityLab</em>, Daisy Alioto looks at three recent examples of iconic architects having their life's work documented in film by their sons: Rem Koolhaas in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/132674/tomas-koolhaas" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>REM</em></a>, produced by Tomas Koolhaas; Eero Saarinen in&nbsp;<em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149981002/eero-saarinen-documentary-to-air-on-pbs-dec-27th" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future</a></em>, by Eric Saarinen; and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/13825/louis-kahn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louis Kahn</a> in&nbsp;<em>My Architect</em>, a film by&nbsp;Nathaniel Kahn.</p> <p>In case you missed it, listen to our <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a>&nbsp;podcast interview with Tomas Koolhaas.</p> <p></p>