US (1983): Documentary/Short

Spaces, narrated by Cliff Robertson, is a 29-minute documentary portrait of the American architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997), who designed buildings for over four decades. Educated at Harvard under the influence of Walter Gropius and the International Style, Rudolph then expanded and revised the Modern style. The film traces Rudolph's pursuit of architectural space through some of the most important of his two hundred buildings. The Southern Massachusetts University campus and the Tuskegee Institute Chapel provide two unique spaces that are examples of Rudolph's singular contribution to twentieth-century architecture. The controversial Yale Art and Architecture Building suggests the conflicts inherent in the relationships of designer, sponsor and user (Rudolph was chairman of the Yale School of Architecture from 1958 to 1965). The closing sequences of the film show Rudolph once again in conflict with a client -- this time over the final design phase of the Emory University Chapel. (M.O.M.A.)

· Documentary (Short Subjects) 1983: Robert Eisenhardt - Producer

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