Modernism, Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story

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Modernism, Inc.: The Eliot Noyes Design Story

2024

1h 18m

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Mid-century architect and designer Eliot Noyes built the design programs for some of America's most powerful postwar corporations. The film weaves Noyes' story with the broader context of corporate America's embrace of Modernism during the period of postwar economic expansion and culminates in the backlash against Noyes and his generation during the countercultural upheaval of the Vietnam era. The life and work of Eliot Noyes is a vehicle to explore the intersection of postwar business, technology and design -- a story that continues to resonate in the contemporary context.

Leonard Maltin

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Cohn does an excellent job surveying Noyes’ life and career, and I was hooked from the very start. A first rate and absorbing documentary

Jul 21, 2024

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Anne Brodie

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Noyes' philosophy of unfailing utility, beauty and newness still sets the bar for today. Great doc that excites with its radicalism, its take on a changing America and the influence of one man on what we see and crave today.

Rated: 4/4

Oct 2, 2024

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Sabina Dana Plasse

Film Threat

The amount of imagery, archival footage, and other artifacts and media used to create the look and atmosphere constructs the world of Eliot Noyes commendably.

Rated: 8/10

Jul 20, 2024

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

An illuminating and captivating documentary.

Jul 16, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Jason Cohn’s documentary provides an absorbing overview of an enormously influential yet popularly undersung career.

Feb 14, 2024

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Mid-century architect and designer Eliot Noyes built the design programs for some of America's most powerful postwar corporations. The film weaves Noyes' story with the broader context of corporate America's embrace of Modernism during the period of postwar economic expansion and culminates in the backlash against Noyes and his generation during the countercultural upheaval of the Vietnam era. The life and work of Eliot Noyes is a vehicle to explore the intersection of postwar business, technology and design -- a story that continues to resonate in the contemporary context.

Director: Jason Cohn
Producer: Camille Servan-Schreiber
Screenwriter: Jason Cohn
Distributor: First Run Features
Production Co: Bread And Butter Films
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 19, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 17, 2024
Runtime: 1h 18m

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