Lina Bo Bardi (1993)

The Great Pyramids are the only wonder of the ancient world that still stand today, the greatest of which is the pyramid of Khufu. Many theories have been offered to explain its construction, but none as convincing or unique as this one.

Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improve human lives. He spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Now more relevant than ever, this film captures Fuller's ideas and thinking told in his own words.

A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.

New York City's various bridges transform into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version).

The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give form to this architecture. We follow the journey of Munio, my father, born in 1909 in Silesia, Poland, the son of a tenant farmer of a Prussian junker. At the age of 18, Munio goes to Berlin and Dessau to meet Walter Gropius, Kandinsky and Paul Klee at the Bauhaus. In 1933, the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis, who accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio was imprisoned, then deported to Basel. He left for Palestine. Upon his arrival in Haifa, he began a career as an architect and adapted European modernist principles to the Middle East.

50 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues due to our way of life. But why? The Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl has studied human behavior in cities through 40 years. He has documented how modern cities repel human interaction, and argues that we can build cities in a way, which takes human needs for inclusion and intimacy into account.

イギリス。バクスター夫妻は、突如として愛娘クリスティン（シャロン・ウィリアムズ）を水難事故で失ってしまう。 数ヶ月後、ジョン（ドナルド・サザーランド）は妻ローラ（ジュリー・クリスティ）を連れ、教会修復の仕事でイタリアのベニス（ヴェネツィア）へと赴いていた。ある日、夫妻は年老いた姉妹と邂逅する。姉ウェンディ（クレリア・マタニア）曰く、盲目の妹ヘザー（ヒラリー・メイソン）には霊感があり、赤いレインコートを着た亡き娘さんの姿が視えるというのだ。その後、姉妹と再会したローラは、亡き娘の言葉を借りたヘザーから「ベニスを去らなければ、ジョンの身に危険が降りかかる」と忠告される。ジョンはその警告に取り合わず、ローラは不安になるのだった。

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia has been continuously under construction since 1882.

The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.

ハンナ、ホリー、リーの芸術家三姉妹と、二人の男性の恋愛関係を絡めながら、“人生のほろ苦さ”を描いた感動作。シニカルなのにコミカルで、でもその視点は終始温かいというアレンならではの作品。

海辺の別荘に2年前に投函された手紙が届く。手紙のやり取りを始めると、男は時間軸が違うと気づく。そして未来では男が死んでしまい、女はそれを回避するために行動する。男の死は免れ、2人は出会うことができた。

Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.

A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.

他人の夢に潜入してアイデアを盗み出す企業スパイのコブは国際指名手配犯であるが、それと同時に妻モルを殺した容疑もかけられていた。そんな彼に日本人男性サイトーからある依頼が。それはこれまでのように思考を盗み出すのではなく、標的にした人物の潜在意識に、あるアイデアを移植する“インセプション”という仕事だった。コブはサイトーを含むスペシャリスト6人を集め、標的の男性ロバートの夢に潜入しようとする。

Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

Featuring never-before-seen film footage of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, The Architecture of Doom captures the inner workings of the Third Reich and illuminates the Nazi aesthetic in art, architecture and popular culture. From Nazi party rallies to the final days inside Hitler's bunker, this sensational film shows how Adolf Hitler rose from being a failed artist to creating a world of ponderous kitsch and horrifying terror. Hitler worshipped ancient Rome and Greece, and dreamed of a new Golden Age of classical art and monumental architecture, populated by beautiful, patriotic Aryans. Degenerated artists and inferior races had no place in his lurid fantasy. As this riveting film shows, the Nazis went from banning the art of modernists like Picasso to forced euthanasia of the retarded and sick, and finally to the persecution of homosexuals and the extermination of the Jews.

Martin is a neurotic web designer taking baby steps out of the isolation of his one-room apartment and his virtual reality. Mariana is an artist fresh out of a a long relationship. They are perfect for each other, live on the same street, in opposite buildings, but they never meet. Can the movement of a modern city of three million people bring them together?

In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit.

One billion people on our planet—one in six—live in shantytowns, slums or squats. Slums: Cities of Tomorrow challenges conventional thinking to propose that slums are in fact the solution, not the problem, to urban overcrowding caused by the massive migration of people to cities. (Lynne Fernie, HotDocs)

A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geography and values and left behind a legacy of inspired dwellings. Today, architects celebrate the influence established by their predecessors.