Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
WETA

Description

This film illustrates the life and work of the American architect. We follow the development of his work and his turbulent family life amidst scandal and tragedy. Despite all the difficulties of his personal life, Wright rises above all and beats all the odds to design some of the most famous buildings using brilliant and distinctively innovative designs that only his genius could create.

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Architecture

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

This is an excellent documetary. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in learning more about architecture generally and Frank Lloyd Wright specifically.
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9.0 Variety | Todd McCarthy

In the deliberate style familiar from previous epic Burns docus but enlivened by constant lucidity and gathering insight, the film should make clear to any viewer the enormous force of personality Wright possessed and the particular ways his genius was expressed.
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5.0 CultureVulture.net | Arthur Lazere

Ken Burns (Lewis and Clark, The Civil War) and Lynn Novick have directed a rather unimaginative, though workmanlike, film in the mold of PBS's less than memorable, standardized format.
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