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©2007
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1 videodisc (52, 53 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Great expectations : Looks at innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architectural projects of the 20th century. Shows how contemporary problems like housing shortages, urban decay and pollution motivate architects to create changes in the way people live. Considers plans that have actually been constructed and animates some unrealized visions to see how they might have looked. Features works by Rudolf Steiner, Le Corbusier, Moshe Safdie, Oscar Niemeyer, Jacque Fresco, Peter Cook, Colin Fournier, Levitt & Sons, Antti Lovag, Peter Vetsch, and Paolo Soler
Two films by Jesper Wachtmeister in one disc
Kochuu : Documentary about modern Japanese architecture, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. "Kochuu" which translates as "in the jar," refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe. Features interviews with some of Japan's leading architects as well as Scandinavian contemporaries
Originally broadcast as a television program on April 13, 2007 [Great expectations]
Special features: (Great expectations): Le Corbusier's functionalist cities; Buckminster fuller's lightweight geodesic domes; Moshe Safdie's habitat '67 prefab apartments; Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum and other anthroposophy buildings in Switzerland; Oscar Niemeyer's sleek urban designs for Brasilia; Paolo Soleri's "archology" of crystal-like desert cities; Antti Lovag's curved surfaces of Palais Bulles in France; Jacque Fresco's utopian Venus project in Florida; Peter Cook and Colin Fournier's biomorphic Kunsthaus Graz in Austria
Special feature: (Kochuu): Pritzker prize winning architects Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn
Great expectations : Cinematographer, Simon Pramsten ; animations, Måns Swanberg, Pistachios ; music, Silverbullit
Kochuu : Camera, Askild Vik Edvadsen ; music, Benny Nilsen
Great expectations : [Narrator: Simon Chilvers]
Kochuu : Commentary: Tadao Ando, Sverre Fehn, Toyo Ito, Kristian Gullichsen
DVD; Region 1, NTSC
Great expectations : Narration in English. Some interviews in French, German or Portuguese with English subtitles
Kochuu : Soundtrack in Japanese, Norwegian, and Finnish with subtitles in English