Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
1995 / 58 min. / color
Directed by directed by Michael Blackwood
Narrated by the architect
With the participation of Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and others.
With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an intimate look into the work of the daring and controversial creator. Filmed in the U.S. and Germany, Eisenman takes the viewer through several of his buildings, including the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, while explaining his upcoming projects such as the Rebstockpark community in Frankfurt and the Max Reinhardt monument in Berlin. His predecessors and contemporaries offer praise and commentary on Eisenman’s complex body of work including their own thoughts and theories surrounding his unique style.
Directed by
Michael Blackwood
Cast
Stanley Aronoff
Michael Barz
Jay Chatterjee
Peter Eisenman
Kurt Forster
Frank Gehry
Michael Graves
Zaha Hadid
Philip Johnson
Rem Koolhaas
Phyllis Lambert
Daniel Libeskind
Nina Libeskind
Herbert Muschamp
Fritz Neumeyer
Albert Speer Jr.
Martin Wentz
Produced by
Laura Hahn … associate producer
Wibke von Bonin … executive producer
Cinematography by
Thomas Etzold
Mead Hunt
Bodo Kessler
Hans Rombach
Seth Schneidman
Film Editing by
Julie Sloane
Sound Department
Axel Arft … sound recordist
Kurt Eggmann … sound recordist
Marlena Grzaslewicz … sound editor
Louis Marion … sound recordist
John Murphy … sound recordist
Camera and Electrical Department
Oliver Kraus … assistant camera
Susanna Salonen … assistant camera
Estela Sanz … assistant camera
Andrew Yarme … assistant camera
Editorial Department
Tatjana von Angern … editing assistant
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