Eames: The Architect & The Painter
2011 · Movie · 85 min · ★ 7.1 · 76% critics
This documentary explores a hugely influential husband-and-wife design team through interviews with former staff and a rich collection of archival films and photographs. It paints a vivid picture of an intense, around-the-clock creative world and the work that helped shape Mid-Century Modern style.
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Details
- Original title
- Eames: The Architect and the Painter
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-11-18
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (35 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like art-and-artist documentaries, creative history, and archive-heavy portraits in the vein of Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski or For the Love of Spock; Not for you if you want a more critical or fast-moving doc.
Pros: rich archival material; engaging creative history; vivid studio portrait | Cons: narrow focus; light on criticism; niche design subject
Themes
- biography
- architecture
- art
Cast & crew
James Franco
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Charles Eames
as Self (archive footage)
Ray Eames
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Schrader
as Self
Directed by Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey