Mies

  • Movie
  • 1986
  • 1h 3m
  • Documentary

No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.

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Director
Michael Blackwood
Starring
Mies van der Rohe, Robert A.M. Stern, Philip Johnson, Franz Schulze

Cast

  • Mies van der Rohe

    Archive Footage

  • Robert A.M. Stern

    Self

  • Philip Johnson

    Philip Johnson

    Self

  • Franz Schulze

    Narrator

  • Peter Blake

    Self

  • George Danforth

    Self

  • Arthur Drexler

    Self

  • Peter Eisenman

    Self

  • James Ingo Freed

    Self

  • Myron Goldsmith

    Self

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