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Figure in a landscape : a conversation with J. B. Jackson / produced by the Conservation Foundation in cooperation with the Film Study Center, Harvard University ; produced and directed by Claire Marino and Janet Mendelsohn.
LIBRA VHS Videorecording 67
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, 1909-1996.
- Jackson, John Brinckerhoff.
- Landscape assessment--United States.
- Landscape assessment.
- Architecture and society.
- History.
- United States.
- Land use--United States.
- Land use.
- Architecture--United States--History.
- Architecture.
- Architecture and society--United States--History.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Art and architecture videos.
- Local Subjects:
- Art and architecture videos.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (46 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Conversation with J. B. Jackson
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : Direct Cinema, Ltd. [distributor], [1987]
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Examines the evolution of the American landscape through the eyes of John Brinckerhoff Jackson, who founded Landscape magazine, a publication dedicated to presenting architectural and historical analyses of the American landscape. Presents a portrait of the man and a portrait of America's human-made landscape, moving from the close-knit and deeply rooted Puritan New England village to the contemporary landscape of the road, the shopping mall and the trailer park.
- Participant:
- Lindsay Crouse.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Richard P. Rogers ; original music, Peter Carino.
- Notes:
- "License copy."
- ISBN:
- 1559741015
- OCLC:
- 81572136
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