architecture in film

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lamas

June 24, 2003, 02:08:34 AM
Is anyone else interested in architecture and its use in film?  From more well-known buildings like the Biltmore Estate used in Hannibal to the Timberline Lodge used in The Shining to lesser-known works like Lautner designs in The Big Lebowski, Less Than Zero and Lethal Weapon 2.  List some more that impress you.  I'd really appreciate it if someone could name some films that use Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

(kelvin)

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June 24, 2003, 04:38:32 AM
Do you remember the house on the top of the hill in North by Northwest? Or, in analogy to it, the house in Zabriskie Point? Both reminded me a lot of LeCorbusier, but I don't know who actually designed them.
I love the architecture in Blade Runner, which was partly copied in The Matrix. Also think of Ken Adam's designs for the James Bond movies or the famous war room in Dr. Strangelove.

Great topic, by the way.

Mesh

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June 24, 2003, 11:41:59 AM
Think about how important architecture is to the mood of, say, Batman or Lord of the Rings.....

BTW:  Can't think of any films dealing heavily with Frank Lloyd Wright structures....my mom works in a bank he designed, though.   :)

©brad

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June 24, 2003, 11:50:34 AM
Quote from: MeshThink about how important architecture is to the mood of, say, Batman or Lord of the Rings.....

nah, that would be set design. he's talking about famous architecture- buildings and such around the world that is used in movies, not sets. u understanding this concept?

let me see here- umm.... well the hannibal one is good. i've been to the biltmore estate and its incredible. also in hannibal, sum of those shots of florence, which are really breathtaking (yea i said breathtaking), cuz when i went to florence that's what i thought of. they shot all around the major sites there- the ponte vechio, piazza della signoria, and so on.

i'd have to think of sum more.

Mesh

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June 24, 2003, 12:01:39 PM
Quote from: ©bradnah, that would be set design. he's talking about famous architecture- buildings and such around the world that is used in movies, not sets. u understanding this concept?

Architechural elements within a film do not have to be non-fiction to be interesting and/or important.  kelvin mentioned Blade Runner and The Matrix.  Lighten up.

Now then:

I've always loved that mansion they used in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan.

dufresne

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June 24, 2003, 12:50:04 PM
my favorite actual building location probably is the Bradbury Building in downtown L.A.  this is where they shot some scenes in Blade Runner, as well as a bunch of other films.

http://www.brmovie.com/Locations/Bradbury_Building.htm



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Mesh

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June 24, 2003, 01:34:12 PM


Apparently, this Frank Lloyd Wright house served as Deckard's house in Blade Runner (though I can't say I really recognize it).

Ridley Scott used it again in Black Rain, so sayeth that BR site.

Duck Sauce

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June 24, 2003, 01:35:19 PM
That is gorgeous, more pictures

Sigur Rós

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June 24, 2003, 01:48:46 PM
Quote from: lamasIs anyone else interested in architecture and its use in film?  From more well-known buildings like the Biltmore Estate used in Hannibal to the Timberline Lodge used in The Shining to lesser-known works like Lautner designs in The Big Lebowski, Less Than Zero and Lethal Weapon 2.  List some more that impress you.  I'd really appreciate it if someone could name some films that use Frank Lloyd Wright buildings.

You should talk to Phil Marlowe he is all into architecture!

godardian

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June 24, 2003, 05:47:48 PM
I cannot think of the words "architecture" and "film" without the scene from Hannah and her Sisters, with Sam Waterston taking Dianne Wiest and Carrie Fisher on a guided tour of NYC architecture, popping immediately into my mind.

I also love the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired bathroom in The Shining.
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(kelvin)

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June 25, 2003, 03:44:04 AM
Quote from: godardian
I also love the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired bathroom in The Shining.

I think that was LeCorbusier, wasn't it?

godardian

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June 25, 2003, 10:10:50 AM
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Quote from: godardian
I also love the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired bathroom in The Shining.

I think that was LeCorbusier, wasn't it?

My source was Vince Lobrutto's Kubrick bio, where on pp 417 it says: "The bathroom where Grady and Torrance have their eerie and frightening discussion was based on a men's room in an Arizona hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright." Not an infallible source, of course.

We also mustn't forget Greenaway's Belly of an Architect here.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

chainsmoking insomniac

#12
June 25, 2003, 10:13:06 AM
This might be a little off-center, but Manhattan immediately comes to mind (the stunning panoramic shots of the city)....the camera gobbles them up and it's quite breathtaking.
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#13
June 25, 2003, 10:13:23 AM
Anything by Antonioni would qualify, as I think he studied architecture, and always integrated buildings and landscapes into the drama of his compositions. But I don't know too much, I've just heard things.
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godardian

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June 25, 2003, 10:24:10 AM
Quote from: SoNowThenAnything by Antonioni would qualify, as I think he studied architecture, and always integrated buildings and landscapes into the drama of his compositions. But I don't know too much, I've just heard things.

Those buildings at the end of L'Avventura... but didn't he really use architecture as a signifier of alienation? He focused a lot on really harsh modern stuff. Also something employed to beautiful effect in Todd Haynes's Safe, where San Fernando Valley McMansions of the eighties look as if aliens might pop out of them at any moment...
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.
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