They have contributed to industrial design, furniture design, architecture, photography and manufacturing. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important designers. Watch an intimate film celebrating the creative genius of husbandandwife team charles and ray eames, a couple widely regarded as americas most influential designers. Release dates 6 also known as aka 9 release dates usa 11 november 2011 limited finland 22 april 2012 tv premiere sweden 26 june 2012 tv premiere uk 3 august 2012. The architect and the painter american craft council. The architect and the painter 2011 starring james franco on dvd and bluray. The architect and the painter on dvd december, 2011 starring james franco. Charles and ray eames are clearly in the ranks as the most important american designers of 20th century. The architect and the painter traverses the fascinating life of a couple whose contributions broadly determined what modern postwar american life looked and felt like. The architect and the painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work opening november 18th at the ifc center in new york city.
C first run features the husbandandwife team of charles. Its definitely one of the best documentaries ive seen in recent memory another is foo fighters. Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design e. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames are widely. Fan site for the documentary about charles and ray eames, coming soon to pbs american masters and a theater near you. Back and forth, if you like rock and roll the parents of modern design, charles and ray eames, are fullyexamined through archival footage, the eames house, and interviews with those who knew the couple.
The architect and the painter tells the story of two of americas most important designers, the husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames. James franco narrates the pbs american masters award winning eames. Our family statement appearing at the screening in new york personal. The relationship between charles eames and his wife ray ignited a burst of design ingenuity whose impact on the world can still be felt over half a century later. I could swear id watched it in grade school in the early 60s. Or as charles and ray often said, the best, for the most, for the least.
It was produced and written by jason cohn, and coproduced by bill jersey. And while charles is the architect of the title and ray the painter, they and their collaborators were also filmmakers. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames were americas most influential and important industrial designers. The architect and the painter article in the journal of the society of architectural historians 714 january 2012 with 16 reads how we measure reads. The husband and wife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important. The husband andwife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most. It was not merely a question of their classic eames chair.
The architect and the painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in venice beach, california, where charles and ray eames set up their renaissancestyle studio in the optimistic flush of american victory during world war ii. Frequently photographed in matching clothes, poses, or both, each brought a. Charles and ray eames headed the most creative design office in post world war ii america. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the eames office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii, to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics, games. Over the weekend i had a chance to sit down and watch eames. Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in venice beach, california, where charles and ray eames set up their renaissancestyle studio in the optimistic flush of american victory during world war.
The architect and the painter gives us a long awaited glimpse into the thought process and life of this wonderful couple. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the eames office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii, to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. It is a documentary portrait of dieter rams, one of the most influential designers alive, and a rumination on. The architect and the painter will leave audiences clear about the genuine legacy of eames design. A communications primer free an instructional film on the basics of.
The architect and the painter film trailer hypebeast. It is the national pbs airing of the new documentary eames. Eames demetrios, director of the eames office, on the new documentary. The architect and the painter draws from a treasure trove of archival material, as well as new interviews with friends, colleague, and experts to capture. The architect and the painter, an impressive documentary about uber innovators charles and ray eames, is as fascinating and at times oblique.
The architect and the painter isnt just about influential 20thcentury designer charles eames, or even about charles and his wife ray. Documentary on charles and ray eames, the husbandwife combo responsible for heavily influencing modern architecture and furniture, considered by some to be the most important designers of their age. The architect and the painter premieres nationally monday, december 19 from 1011. The architect and the painter 2011 rotten tomatoes. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the. Widely regarded as americas most important modern designers, they are perhaps best remembered for their mid 20thcentury plywood and fibreglass furniture, although the eames office also created many other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii to photography, interiors. The dcw dining height chair wood legs, made from molded plywood in 1946, is one of charles and ray eames classic designs, as seen in eames. The architect and the painter jason cohn and bill jerseys sprightly documentary weighs its subjects unique accomplishments and widespread influence while probing a relationship more. The architect and the painter covers the lives of a couple whose approach to product design was in its way as influential as that of steve jobs. Interviews with family members and design historians guide the viewer on an intimate tour of the eames era, while junior designers who were swept into the 247 world of the eamery, as they.
The world of charles and ray eames barbican art gallery, october 21, 2015 february 14, 2016. Perhaps best remembered for their midcentury plywood and fiberglass furniture, the eames office also created a mindbending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during world war ii, to photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics. The architect and the painter was released on november 18, 2011 as part of the american masters series on pbs television. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in american culture. The architect and the painter a film by jason cohn and bill jersey. Charles often overshadowed his wife but the film goes to some lengths to correct the misperception that he was the only eames who counted. With charles eames, ray eames, james franco, jeannine oppewall.
James franco narrates this documentary about husbandandwife design duo charles and ray eames. The architect and the painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most. Charles and ray eames at the design museum 1998 library of congress exhibit 1999 a documentary about the couple titled eames. The architect and the painter is a 2011 documentary film about american designers charles and ray eames and the eames office. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing eames. Eamess spirit lives on in the careers of bill gates and the late.
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