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My Architect

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93% Tomatometer 91 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Director Nathaniel Kahn barely knew his father, but many throughout the world did. He was renowned architect Louis Kahn, who designed noteworthy buildings in California, Texas and even Bangladesh. Nathaniel explores his father's past, interviewing architects such as Frank O. Gehry, as well as members of the multiple families started by the philandering Louis. What emerges is a portrait of a brilliant but unreliable man whose creations, which are featured prominently in the film, still astound.
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A moving and enlightening documentary about architect Louis Kahn.

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Richard Nilsen Arizona Republic The young Kahn is not a graceful filmmaker. Yet the subject matter is engrossing for anyone interested in architecture and also one of its greatest practitioners. Rated: 3/5 Mar 25, 2004 Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel Isn't a bad place to begin if you're curious about architecture and don't know much about Louis Kahn. Rated: 3/5 Mar 19, 2004 Full Review Lisa Kennedy Denver Post The finest achievement of My Architect is the way the son locates the light of his father's personality. Mar 19, 2004 Full Review Jas Keimig The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect is a poignant documentary about Nathaniel's journey to make sense of his late father, influential architect Louis Kahn. Feb 23, 2022 Full Review Robert Davis Paste Magazine Overall [Nathaniel Kahn's] attempt to find his father in his buildings, scars and all, is credible and well-paced, with neat visual rhymes that circle back to points raised earlier. Jun 3, 2008 Full Review Kam Williams Princeton Town Topics What makes this movie riveting is not its subject, but the huge hole evident in the biographer's soul, a space he desperately tries to fill by speaking with those once close to his father. Rated: 3/4 May 2, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I'm in this movie. However Rotten tomatoes has the WRONG RICHARD KATZ!!! Please fix this screwup in the cast list. Thanks Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic documentary made by the son of the great genius Louis Kahn. It covers the deep flaws of his personal life and also the flaws and great successes of his working life. Kahn was a workolic who managed to find time to have two or three families on the go at once, he was a bit of a 'travelling man'. Also, a contender for the greatest architect of the 20th century. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member loved the soundtrack Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Enlightening doc on Kahn's interesting (triple-)life and works. Being the subject's son, the documentarian is intrinsically an important piece of the story, but it quickly becomes clear how profoundly Louis Kahn affected so many others as well. Fortuitously many of these others are also quite the character themselves. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Un buen docuental sobre un tipo obsesionado con su trabajo, de ideas innegociables, lo que perjudicó su relación con clientes y por consecuencia su producción. Se enfoca más en su vida personal que en la arquitectura aunque siempre a través de sus obras, algo esperable viniendo de su hijo. Totalmente recomendable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Truly enlightening journey. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Nathaniel Kahn

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Sue Ann Kahn

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Nathaniel Kahn

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Louis Kahn

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Philip Johnson

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Frank O. Gehry

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Synopsis Director Nathaniel Kahn barely knew his father, but many throughout the world did. He was renowned architect Louis Kahn, who designed noteworthy buildings in California, Texas and even Bangladesh. Nathaniel explores his father's past, interviewing architects such as Frank O. Gehry, as well as members of the multiple families started by the philandering Louis. What emerges is a portrait of a brilliant but unreliable man whose creations, which are featured prominently in the film, still astound.
Director
Nathaniel Kahn
Producer
Susan Rose Behr
Distributor
New Yorker Films
Production Co
Louis Kahn Project Inc.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 11, 2003, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.7M
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)