The husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames were americas most influential and important industrial designers. This lively, informative, and exceedingly reverent documentary doesnt really, but it leaves enough suspect dots for the viewer to connect. The husband and wife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important. Dec 02, 2011 the architect and the painter, an impressive documentary about uber innovators charles and ray eames, is as fascinating and at times oblique as the famous couple themselves. The architect and the painter title sequence on vimeo. The architect and the painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work opening november 18th. The architect and the painter by jason cohn,bill jersey. It is a very clean transparent background image and its resolution is 1458x1100, please mark the image source when quoting it. Charles, educated as an architect, and ray, trained as a painter, met in 1940 at the cranbrook academy of art in bloomfield hills, michigan.
Beautiful equations free artistwriter matt collings takes the plunge into. Jason cohn and bill jerseys definitive cinematic foray into the world of the eames is the first film to be made. The architect and the painter film trailer hypebeast. Charles and ray eames are among the most important american designers of this century.
Charles and ray eames are clearly in the ranks as the most important american designers of 20th century. The architect and the painter time out says as this engaging, if rote, doc points out, the name eames, much like victorian, now defines the style of an era. 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. The architect and the painter airs monday, december 19, 2011 at 10 p. Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in venice beach, california, where. Together their work helped shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital today. Admired for their creations and fascinating as individuals, they have risen to iconic status in american culture. The architect and the painter 2011 starring james franco on dvd and bluray. Charles often overshadowed his wife but the film goes to some lengths to correct the misperception that he was the only eames who counted. The architect and the painter is a 2011 documentary film about american designers charles and ray eames and the eames office. Jan 02, 2012 but their personal lives and influence on significant events in american life from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age has been less widely understood. Season 25 episode 9 2m 17s jason cohn and bill jerseys definitive. The architect and the painter graphics montage on vimeo.
Apparently, charles and ray eames are commonly mistaken to be brothers, when in fact the legendary designers were man and. The eamery, as some called it, was highly successful as a business and, more important, as an exercise in tastemaking. James franco narrates the pbs american masters award winning eames. They worked in almost every field of art, architecture and design. 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 2011 rotten tomatoes. Insightfully narrated by james franco, the film brings to light a virgin cache of archival material, visually stunning films, love letters, photographs and artifacts produced in mindboggling volume by charles and ray with their talented staff during the hyper creative fortyyear epoch of the eames. Fan site for the documentary about charles and ray eames, coming soon to. It is the national pbs airing of the new documentary eames.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Information taken from archival material, visually stunning films. Fan site for the documentary about charles and ray eames, coming soon to pbs american masters and a theater near you. The architect and the painter gives us a long awaited glimpse into the thought process and life of this wonderful couple. And i have shared a few comments about the film earlier on this blog. They are best known for their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design e. 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. With charles eames, ray eames, james franco, jeannine oppewall. Charles eames, in underacknowledged partnership with his artist. The architect and the painter is sure to generate a bit of buzz for the first film to be. The film was a disappointment on many fronts, including boring narration with poor sound quality and only a cursory look at the eames. The film moves between a narrative about the husband and wife team to one about the eames office and its accomplishments, starting with chair design, but also moving through architecture. The architect and the painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
The architect and the painter focuses on the relationship between the two and their art. The architect and the painter, an impressive documentary about uber innovators charles and ray eames, is as fascinating and at times oblique as the famous couple themselves. The architect and the painter incorporates clips from their films and exhibitions for clients like ibm, westinghouse, polaroid and the u. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing eames.
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 personal story of charles and ray while placing them firmly in the context of their fascinating times. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in american life from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age has been less widely understood. Their ability to take material and mold, bend, paint and use it in ways never thought of before. And while charles is the architect of the title and ray the painter, they. The architect and the painter, a documentary about the couple by jason cohn and bill jersey narrated by james franco, comes out in theaters on november 18th the first film about them since their deaths, eames.
Dec 23, 2011 eames demetrios, director of the eames office, on the new documentary. The film was a disappointment on many fronts, including boring narration with poor sound quality and only a cursory look at the eames house. Eames demetrios, director of the eames office, on the new documentary. One of the most lasting eamesian innovations was the technique known as information overload. I was particularly struck by the poor character of charles eames, his selfcenteredness and exploitation of the people he worked with, as well as his lack of faithfulness to his wives. Jason cohn and bill jerseys definitive cinematic foray into the world of the eames is the first film to be made about charles and ray since their deaths and the only one that peers deeply inside the link between their. Insightfully narrated by james franco, the film brings to light a virgin cache of archival material, visually stunning films, love letters, photographs and artifacts produced in mindboggling volume by charles and ray with their talented staff during the hyper creative fortyyear epoch of the eames office.
Were not sure how this one slipped by usthe trailer has been online for nearly two weeks nowbut with the limited release less than three weeks away, the trailer for eames. Jeannine oppewall, john neuhart, bill jersey, jason cohn. Join fandango vip for free it only takes a few seconds to join already a fandango vip. From 1941 to 1978, the husbandandwife team of ray and charles eames. 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. Watch an intimate film celebrating the creative genius of husbandandwife team charles and ray eames, a couple widely regarded as americas most. Internet archives inbrowser video player requires javascript to be. Aug 04, 2012 t his engrossing documentary recounts through eloquent interviews and fascinating archive footage the joint careers of the charismatic charles eames and his wife, ray.
In addition, acmi have kindly offered 3 x doublepasses to see the film. 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. This film crafts a fascinating, complex blueprint of two great american artists and. Get tickets to awardnominated movies in theaters, like 1917 and little women, and find out which movies are available to watch at home right now. It was produced and written by jason cohn, and coproduced by bill jersey. The architect and the painter isnt just about influential 20thcentury designer charles eames, or even about charles and his wife ray. Feb 07, 2012 they have contributed to industrial design, furniture design, architecture, photography and manufacturing.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The architect and the painter traverses the fascinating life of a couple whose contributions broadly determined what modern. Our family statement appearing at the screening in new york personal. They have contributed to industrial design, furniture design, architecture, photography and manufacturing.
The architect and the painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. The architect and the painter, of the pbs american masters series, presents a portrait of the husband and wife design team of charles and ray eames. Our journalism is free and open for all, but its made possible thanks to the support we receive from readers like you across america in all 50 states. Its pretty hard to say something bad about charles eamesor at least make it stick. The architect and the painter a film by jason cohn and bill jersey. The architect and the painter, filmmakers jason cohn and bill jersey have made the first film about charles and ray since their deaths and the only film that really endeavors to peer deeply inside their collaboration, inside their sometimes troubled marriage, and beyond the doors of the renaissance studio they created in a.
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