I am just wondering if anybody had suggestions about interesting architecture / architecture related movies on Netflix... Other than the I.M.Pei one and the 4 disc Architecture series.
ylangylang
Jan 1, 06 6:22 pm
I don't have anything to suggest to you but if I can I'd like to add to the question you asked. I'd be interested in any movies filmed around great architecture as well...
ElTomas
Jan 1, 06 6:32 pm
the fountainhead...
ylangylang
Jan 1, 06 6:39 pm
Read it then watched it long ago, must admit, I was a bit disappointed
ylangylang
Jan 1, 06 6:45 pm
ah but I should clarify. I think it had to do with not being able to pack the entire book into a movie.
waxwings
Jan 2, 06 12:44 am
anybody know who did the house in the hamptons in melinda and melinda? awful movie.
Blade Runner (director's cut) is my all-time favorite film... Not architecture-related per se, but it certainly has a lot of architectural content to it.
moni
Jan 2, 06 1:35 pm
Thank you all for the recommendations, Michael Blackwood’s stuff is great, my school showed one of his monographs once but they are not available on netflix. I hope he decides to put them there or something. I think architecture is by far the least "paid attention to" form of fine arts on NETFLIX.
salparadi
Jan 2, 06 4:40 pm
my architect - about louis kahn. done by his son, perhaps this is a given but if you haven't seen it it's pretty interesting
we drove somewhere a while back to go see my architect somewhere below albany and above nyc... i see it's in netflix so i shall add it to my queue. thanks. i am a happy owner of pi.
too bad those are not availble on netflix. other than buying directly, do you know if there are any other rental places that carry blackwood productions? it looked on the site that they no longer rent though...
ylangylang
Jan 3, 06 2:01 am
could The Cruise (main character also in waking life) or any Woody Allen film count since they are surrounded by nyc?
Not architecture, but there's a pretty cool film on Andy Goldsworthy in Netflix
LimitedPromos
Jan 5, 06 9:21 pm
Dark City
MMatt
Jan 5, 06 9:37 pm
Dark City is 100 minutes of my life I will never have back.
Anybody want to buy my copy?
.mm
some person
Jan 5, 06 10:55 pm
Entrapment was filmed at Petronas Towers, and there is even a good scene involving the curtainwall.
Speaking of architecture as scenery, does anyone else watch commercials for the architecture?
meta
Jan 6, 06 8:52 am
star wars?
justavisual
Jan 6, 06 9:45 am
the architect - its in german tho w/ subtitles
Leena
Jan 6, 06 9:17 pm
Maya Lin has a documentary on there. Not sure how good it is..
vado retro
Jan 6, 06 9:44 pm
why is it that in my architect none of kahns illegitimate kids seem upset by the fact. god the guy was never around because he was married to someone else. i guess his genius lets him out of it. whereas had he been a salesman or an accountant, he would have been remembered by his children as an asshole, here he is just the stuff of mythological architectural anectdote. thanks daddy...
Rim Joist
Jan 6, 06 9:54 pm
Beauty walks a razor's edge.
toasteroven
Jan 8, 06 4:43 am
Wings of Desire
garpike
Jan 8, 06 10:05 am
vado, those kids knew nothing else. They know what they know, and that's all they know. Daddy clearly had other families. The only reason Nathaniel was upset was he didn't know.
He may be considered an asshole by his family. They may just be over it.
garpike
Jan 8, 06 10:05 am
I remember those Michael Blackwood films from undergrad!
mdler
Jan 12, 06 12:18 pm
Dark Days
and the Brady Bunch Movie
e
Jan 18, 06 8:12 pm
adam sandler in a soon to be released movie >> click
kim l.
Apr 4, 06 11:15 pm
terry gilliam's Brazil...not sure if netflix has it
sinseer
Apr 5, 06 12:20 am
The Bradbury building in Downtown LA is used extensively in Bladerunner. Fantastic
Young Architect
Jan 25, 14 2:40 pm
Urbanized is a pretty good movie about Urban Design.
There's one that's excellent. It's not directly related to architecture, but valuable for any who loves design. Objectified.
There's some TED talk lectures that feature a good number of projects. Bjarke Ingels, Joshua Prince-Ramus, DS+R, among others. Just check the TED talks, there's some specially for buildings. Others are within "radical minds" categories.
Eames and Eames is pretty good. It's not strongly architectural, but they show some of their work. Their Kodak project is something worth watching. (I think it was Kodak..)
x-jla
Jan 28, 14 12:42 am
Manufactured landscapes is fantastic. Depressing but fantastic.
drums please, Fab?
Jan 28, 14 1:10 am
ugetsu monogatari
3tk
Jan 28, 14 12:44 pm
I liked Midnight in Paris - playing off of Laurie Olin's essay Memory not Nostalgia.
citizen
Jan 28, 14 3:15 pm
I just used 5 excellent minutes of Les Miserables in class to illustrate the ways that different kinds of urban space are used by different groups. That scene of the commoners tossing furniture out their windows into the narrow medieval street for a barricade is awesome!
There's a movie about a female architecture student that steals secrets from your dreams called Inception. I think Leonardo DiCaprio played a small part as well.
Miles Jaffe
Apr 4, 21 12:20 pm
Do apocalyptic movies where buildings are destroyed count?
I want to do a film where monsters destory starchitect buildings. Kong taking down Gehry's, Godzilla destroying Koolhaas, etc.
I am just wondering if anybody had suggestions about interesting architecture / architecture related movies on Netflix... Other than the I.M.Pei one and the 4 disc Architecture series.
I don't have anything to suggest to you but if I can I'd like to add to the question you asked. I'd be interested in any movies filmed around great architecture as well...
the fountainhead...
Read it then watched it long ago, must admit, I was a bit disappointed
ah but I should clarify. I think it had to do with not being able to pack the entire book into a movie.
anybody know who did the house in the hamptons in melinda and melinda? awful movie.
Blade Runner (director's cut) is my all-time favorite film... Not architecture-related per se, but it certainly has a lot of architectural content to it.
Thank you all for the recommendations, Michael Blackwood’s stuff is great, my school showed one of his monographs once but they are not available on netflix. I hope he decides to put them there or something. I think architecture is by far the least "paid attention to" form of fine arts on NETFLIX.
my architect - about louis kahn. done by his son, perhaps this is a given but if you haven't seen it it's pretty interesting
http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=60031257
Pi by Darren Aronofsky
My Architect by Nathaniel Kahn
we drove somewhere a while back to go see my architect somewhere below albany and above nyc... i see it's in netflix so i shall add it to my queue. thanks. i am a happy owner of pi.
too bad those are not availble on netflix. other than buying directly, do you know if there are any other rental places that carry blackwood productions? it looked on the site that they no longer rent though...
could The Cruise (main character also in waking life) or any Woody Allen film count since they are surrounded by nyc?
If you're into supporting pedophiles.
the films of charles and ray eames vol.1 - 6
the belly of an architect
Not architecture, but there's a pretty cool film on Andy Goldsworthy in Netflix
Dark City
Dark City is 100 minutes of my life I will never have back.
Anybody want to buy my copy?
.mm
Entrapment was filmed at Petronas Towers, and there is even a good scene involving the curtainwall.
Speaking of architecture as scenery, does anyone else watch commercials for the architecture?
star wars?
the architect - its in german tho w/ subtitles
Maya Lin has a documentary on there. Not sure how good it is..
why is it that in my architect none of kahns illegitimate kids seem upset by the fact. god the guy was never around because he was married to someone else. i guess his genius lets him out of it. whereas had he been a salesman or an accountant, he would have been remembered by his children as an asshole, here he is just the stuff of mythological architectural anectdote. thanks daddy...
Beauty walks a razor's edge.
Wings of Desire
vado, those kids knew nothing else. They know what they know, and that's all they know. Daddy clearly had other families. The only reason Nathaniel was upset was he didn't know.
He may be considered an asshole by his family. They may just be over it.
I remember those Michael Blackwood films from undergrad!
Dark Days
and the Brady Bunch Movie
adam sandler in a soon to be released movie >> click
terry gilliam's Brazil...not sure if netflix has it
The Bradbury building in Downtown LA is used extensively in Bladerunner. Fantastic
Urbanized is a pretty good movie about Urban Design.
I just wrote a blog post on Architectural Movies.
The one about the Frank Lloyd Wright photographer is really good - sorry I forget the name of it right now.
I'm in Canada and our netflix is different (ie sucks) but a few movies I've watched recently that may be worth looking up are:
Visual Acoustics (Julius Shulman doc, mentioned just above)
Synecdoche, New York
Eames: Architect and Painter (actually I may not have seen this one yet)
Manufactured Landscapes
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (Cary Grant)
The Money Pit (Tom Hanks)
Giorgo Moroder's Metropolis (contemporary edit with awesome music)
North by Northwest (Cary Grant)
Mon Oncle (Jaques Tati, 1958)
I quite enjoyed the movie Ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor). It's set in a home on the east coast that features a cool cantilevered staircase.
http://philipmitchelldesign.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-ghost-writer-striking-sets.html
Love The Money Pit!
There's one that's excellent. It's not directly related to architecture, but valuable for any who loves design. Objectified.
There's some TED talk lectures that feature a good number of projects. Bjarke Ingels, Joshua Prince-Ramus, DS+R, among others. Just check the TED talks, there's some specially for buildings. Others are within "radical minds" categories.
Eames and Eames is pretty good. It's not strongly architectural, but they show some of their work. Their Kodak project is something worth watching. (I think it was Kodak..)
Manufactured landscapes is fantastic. Depressing but fantastic.
ugetsu monogatari
I liked Midnight in Paris - playing off of Laurie Olin's essay Memory not Nostalgia.
I just used 5 excellent minutes of Les Miserables in class to illustrate the ways that different kinds of urban space are used by different groups. That scene of the commoners tossing furniture out their windows into the narrow medieval street for a barricade is awesome!
Playtime by Jacques Tati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime
There's a movie about a female architecture student that steals secrets from your dreams called Inception. I think Leonardo DiCaprio played a small part as well.
Do apocalyptic movies where buildings are destroyed count?
I want to do a film where monsters destory starchitect buildings. Kong taking down Gehry's, Godzilla destroying Koolhaas, etc.