Aalto

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Fixler, David, narrator.

Pallasmaa, Juhani, narrator. .

Stritzler-Levine, Nina, narrator. .

Suutari, Virpi, 1967- film director, screenwriter, film producer. .

Film Movement (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aalto, Aino, 1894-1949.

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976.

Architects--Finland--Biography.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (99 min.)

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film

Place of Publication:

New York Film Movement 2023

Summary:

This 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, Aalto 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, and others

Credits:

Director, Virpi Suutari ; Cinematography, Heikki Färm, Jani Kumpulainen; editor, Jussi Rautaniemi; music, Sanna Salmenkallio.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1377665227

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license