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. Designapplause were talking with jason cohn, the codirectorwriter of the documentary film eames. The perspective of todays designers on the eames era is another gap in the architect and the painter, yet any designer will envy charles eamess skill at wooing corporate clients, despite his. Jason cohn i consider myself a journalist, im not a design historian by any stretch of the imagination. The architect and the painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.
It was produced and written by jason cohn, and coproduced by bill jersey. 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. They also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art, and film. The film is a james franco narrated documentary which seeks to explore the husband and wife design team of charles and ray eames. 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 artistic collaboration and sometimes tortured love for one another. Charles often overshadowed his wife but the film goes to some lengths to correct the misperception that he was the only eames who counted. Her talent and fascination with art and abstraction was evident from an early age. He was an architect by training, she was a painter and sculptor. From 1941 to 1978, this husbandwife powerhouse brought unique talents to their partnership. 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. The architect and the painter 85 minutes premieres december 19th at 10. Raybernice alexandra kaiser eames from sacramento, california was a furniture designer, artist, architect, film director, toy builder and innovator of the twentieth century. 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.
The architect and the painter is a 2011 documentary film about american designers charles and ray eames and the eames office. 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. Fan site for the documentary about charles and ray eames, coming soon to. 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 film trailer the husband and wife team of charles and ray eames are widely regarded as americas most important. Cohn and jersey round up a lot of testimony from people who worked with charles. 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. Eames demetrios, director of the eames office, on the new documentary. 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. August 3, 2012 made for the american masters series, it comes across as an excellent piece of tv that seems somehow to have escaped its little box. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Watch an intimate film celebrating the creative genius of husbandandwife team charles and ray eames, a couple widely regarded as americas most. Season 25 episode 9 2m 17s jason cohn and bill jerseys definitive. The architect and the painter film trailer hypebeast. And i have shared a few comments about the film earlier on this blog.
Charles was the public face of the eames office, but ray and charles worked together as creative partners and employed a diverse creative. The architect and the painter gives us a long awaited glimpse into the thought process and life of this wonderful couple. Catch the seattle premiere of the new film on charles and ray eames at the northwest film forum, november 25 december 1, 2011. Jason, please tell us a little about your background and the role you played making this film. While best known for their modernist furniture, the eames also dabbled in a variety of other creative mediums, including film and exhibition design. Eames the architect and the painter 2011 full movie online. 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. The film was a disappointment on many fronts, including boring narration with poor sound quality and only a cursory look at the eames house. This documentary tells the story of the husbandandwife team of charles and ray eames, widely considered americas most important designers. Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. The architect and the painter provides fresh insight into the personal lives of the couple behind the iconic chairs. A rough sketch for a proposed film dealing with the powers of ten and the relative size of things in the universe was a prototype and was completed in 1968. This documentary about the famous designers celebrates a unique kind of american creativity that anticipates the. First run features the film center building 630 ninth avenue suite 12 new york ny 10036 phone.
The architect and the painter by jason cohn,bill jersey. They have contributed to industrial design, furniture design, architecture, photography and manufacturing. 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. It is the national pbs airing of the new documentary eames. Together their work helped shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital today. The architect and the painter 2011 rotten tomatoes. The architect and the painter is the first film dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work. A film dealing with the relative size of things in the universe and the effect of adding another zero was completed in 1977. The film debuted at the ifc center in new york city in november 2011 and is now available on.
Charles and ray eames, the dynamic husbandandwife team responsible for some of last centurys most iconic designs. From 1941 to 1978 charles and ray eames, a husbandandwife team, brought unique talents to their partnership. 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. A must for any design fan, this documentary about husbandandwife design duo charles and ray eames two of the 20th centurys most important designers, investigates their furniture, photography, interiors, multimedia exhibits, graphics, games, films. 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. Charles and ray eames are clearly in the ranks as the most important american designers of 20th century. Narrated by james franco, eames the architect and the painter sheds light on this creative duo, telling us about their lives, their work and how their motto the best for the least and for the most has affected modern american design. For more info on the documentary, check out the films website.