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Helvetica

2007 · 1h 20m · NR · Documentary

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Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

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Neutra: Survival Through Design

2019 · 1h 44m · Documentary, History

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This insightful documentary feature from PJ Letofsky serves as a profile of iconic Austrian-American Architect Richard Neutra, whose work and legacy have helped shape the modern understanding of design, architecture and the interconnected fabric of nature. Today, Richard's legacy lives on through his son, Dion, who has taken up his father's mantle after nearly three-decades under his mentorship.

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Slumbering Concrete

2016 · 3 seasons · Documentary

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Documentary series "Slumbering Concrete" erects its narrative around modern architecture in Croatia and regions of the former Yugoslavia - an area distinguished by large number of vacated and ruinous buildings from 20th century that are of immense architectural significance. The series is composed of 4 thematic chapters, of which the first is dedicated to architecture of tourism purposes, second to monuments and commemorative buildings, third to post-industrial and post-military landscapes and fourth to great ambitions of unfinished modernizations.

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Our Modern Maidens

1929 · 1h 16m · NR · Comedy, Drama

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Young, vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancé Gil a diplomatic appointment. Meanwhile, Gil's affections meander to beautiful ingenue Kentucky, Billie's best friend.

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A Movie with a Charming Girl

1966 · 1h 36m · Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Ruxandra, a young woman just out of school, decides to become an actress, convinced that personal charm can keep instead of talent.

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A Delicate Balance

1973 · 2h 13m · PG · Drama

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In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs room. But, when their daughter, Julia, shows up announcing her fourth divorce, long-repressed emotions come to the surface.

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The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier

2019 · 53m · Documentary

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The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list of influences that he presented in the liner notes of his debut album Freak Out! (1966). Ives continues to influence contemporary composers, arrangers and musicians. Planet Arts Records released Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra. Ives befriended and encouraged a young Elliott Carter. In addition, Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead, has described Ives as one of his two musical heroes.

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Helvetica

Neutra: Survival Through Design

Slumbering Concrete

Our Modern Maidens

A Movie with a Charming Girl

A Delicate Balance

The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier

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Helvetica

Neutra: Survival Through Design

Slumbering Concrete

Our Modern Maidens

A Movie with a Charming Girl

A Delicate Balance

The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier

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