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Film ID | ACE166 |
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Title | Wall of Light |
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Date | 1986 |
Director | John Tchalenko |
Production Company | High Fire Films/Les Films Roger Leenhardt |
Synopsis | The revolutionary Maison de Verre, Paris, completed in 1931, which inspired British sculptor, Richard Deacon (b.1949), to produce two works, and influenced British architect, Richard Rogers (b.1933) in his designs for London’s Lloyds Building. |
Minutes | 52 min |
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ACE166.2 (00:00:00 - 00:10:26) Richard Deacon, Sculptor, working on model of 31 rue St Guillaume, Paris 7e. VO talking about La Maison de Verre, Paris, and the genesis of his project. A panel in his model gives the title. Paris and Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre (1928-1931). Deacon outside and walking through the rooms. VO talking about the unusual quality of light coming through the glass wall, the different surfaces, a retractable staircase, details of the rear windows, etc. Garden and exterior features. Views of the interior. Marc Vellay, biographer of the architect and grandson of the house’s first owner, shows Deacon photographs of the building and talks about some of its details such as the glass walls. ACE166.3 (00:10:26 - 00:20:56) ACE166.4 (00:20:56 - 00:30:46) ACE166.5 (00:30:46 - 00:39:16) ACE166.6 (00:39:16 - 00:51:40) |
Full credits | Photography/Image Jerome Blumberg, Belinda Parsons, David Scott, Michel Loir; Assistant Camera Jean Stewart, Frederic Gebert, Harriet Cox, Carl Ross, Paul Barton; Sound/Son François Didio, Ellie Burridge, John Anderton, Bob Alcock, Brit Harrison; Editor/Montage Helen Cook; Music/Musique Marc-Olivier Dupin, Editions “Pulsion AVC”; Executive Producer/Producteur Executif Rodney Wilson; Associate Producer/Producteur Delegue Sidney Jézéquel. With Thanks To/Remerciements à Marc Vellay, Association des Amis de la Maison de Verre, Yvonne Brunhammer, Richard Rogers Partnership, Lloyd’s of London, Bovis Construction Ltd., Jean Biagini, Michel Dousse, Barberine Feinberg, Zane Hayward. Directed by/Realisation de John Tchalenko. Coproduced by/Une Coproduction High Fire Films, London, The Arts Council, London, The Crafts Council, London, Les Films Roger Leenhardt, Paris, C.N.R.S., Paris, Ministere de la Culture, Paris. © 1986 The Arts Council, London, Les Films Roger Leenhardt, Paris. |
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ACE166.2 (00:00:00 - 00:10:26) ACE166.3 (00:10:26 - 00:20:56) ACE166.4 (00:20:56 - 00:30:46) ACE166.5 (00:30:46 - 00:39:16) ACE166.6 (00:39:16 - 00:51:40) |
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