Now 86 and still running his Atlanta-based firm, John Portman & Associates, the architect is the focus of a new documentary, “John Portman: A Life of Building,” which premieres tomorrow at the Architecture & Design Film Festival in Manhattan. Mr. Portman recently spoke with a reporter about his career. — nytimes.com
And for more information about the film go to www.johnportmanfilm.com
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i've got tickets...woohoo! ATLitect in the house.
John Portman in Film
John Portman's interiors, especially the exterior elevators, are often backdrops in many moviess. Besides Mel Brooks's High Anxiety, shot at the Embarcadero in San Francisco, does anyone recall the names of other films?
eric chavkin
eric I think True Lies see wikipedia for a list of other films The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites has been in
Ed Soja - The Postmodern City / Bonaventure Hotel
at the beginning of this GSD webcast (from the discussion between John and Jack Portman and Mack Scogin) you can see a bunch of clips of Portman buildings in feature films in a video montage:
http://harvard.vo.llnwd.net/o18/gsd/04062010_form.mp4
montage starts around 10:00
also michael hays intro is pretty good
Postmodern city - perfect choice
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