Eames : the architect and the painter / a production of Quest Productions, Bread and Butter Films ; in association with Thirteen's American Masters for WNET.org ; produced by Jason Cohn & Bill Jersey.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Jersey, Bill, director, producer.

Cohn, Jason, director, producer.

Franco, James, 1978- narrator.

Eames, Charles, associated name.

Eames, Ray, associated name.

Ashby, Gordon, associated name.

Tondreau, Bill, associated name.

Quest Productions, producer.

Bread and Butter Films, producer.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.

First Run Features (Firm), distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Design--United States.

Design.

Eames, Charles.

Eames, Ray.

Industrial designers--United States--Biography.

Industrial designers.

United States.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Biographical films.

Biographies.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Architect and the painter

Place of Publication:

[United States] : First Run Features, 2011.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life has been less widely understood.

Participant:

James Franco, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Gordon Ashby, Bill Tondreau.

Notes:

DVD release of the 2011 motion picture.

Special features include Cranbrook, pilgramage, what do you do for fun?, LA without constraints, scripts, Ray driving, Charles' uniform.

OCLC:

759521436

Publisher Number:

720229914925

FRF914925D First Run Features