Aalto / Euphoria Film presents ; a Virpi Suutari film ; producers, Timo Vierimaa, Virpi Suutari, Martti Suosalo ; script, Jussi Rautaniemi, Virpi Suutari ; director, Virpi Suutari.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Suutari, Virpi, film director, screewriter, film producer.

Rautaniemi, Jussi, screenwriter.

Vierimaa, Timo, film producer.

Suosalo, Martti, 1962- film producer.

Fixler, David, narrator.

Pallasmaa, Juhani, narrator.

Stritzler-Levine, Nina, narrator.

Euphoria Film (Firm), presenter.

Film Movement (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Finnish

French

German

Italian

Russian

Subjects (All):

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.

Aalto, Alvar.

Aalto, Aino, 1894-1949.

Aalto, Aino.

Architecture--Finland--History--20th century.

Architecture.

Architects--Finland--Biography.

Architects.

Finland.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Biographies.

Documentary films.

History.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Film Movement, [2021]

Language Note:

Primarily English narration with some narration in Finnish, French, German, Italian and Russian languages with optional English subtitles; closed captioned.

System Details:

DVD, all regions, wide screen (2.39:1); 2.0 stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

2.0 stereo

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

A captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto: the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, this film tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.

Participant:

Narrators: David N. Fixler, Juhani Pallasmaa, Nina Stritzler-Levine, et al.

Credits:

Heikki Färm, Jani Kumpulainen; editor, Jussi Rautaniemi; music, Sanna Salmenkallio.

Notes:

Title from title frame

Originally released as a documentary in 2020.

Wide screen.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

OCLC:

1264305534

Publisher Number:

850021115425