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The Resource City of dreams, (online streaming)

City of dreams, (online streaming)

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When the brilliant and fiery Marion Mahony, the first registered woman architect in the world and the longest serving designer in Frank Lloyd Wright's practice, married Walter Burley Griffin, it was the beginning of one of the most outstanding artistic collaborations of the 20th century. This visionary American couple won a controversial international competition in 1912 to design the new Australian capital in Canberra. Although the city of their dreams was never built, the Griffins chose to stay in Australia. This fascinating documentary explores their collaboration, their struggle with unyielding bureaucracy, the philosophies that underscored their life and work, and their passionate commitment to an architecture that expressed a balance between society and the environment and an affinity between the human spirit and the natural world. The film weaves together their personal and professional lives, drawing on archival and contemporary footage of their work, an extensive collection of photographs, the couple's own correspondance and writing, and interviews with prominent architects, social historians and the people who knew them. A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Executive Producer: Mark Hamlyn. Producer: Gaby Mason. Director: Belinda Mason. Writer: Gaby Mason, Belinda Mason. DOP/Cinematographer: Andre Fleuren. Narrator/Presenter: Rachael Blake. Principal Cast: Merridy Eastman (Marion), Jennifer Vuletic (Marion's voice), Jeremy Sims (Walter), Justin Monjo (Walter's voice)
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eng
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City of dreams
Title
City of dreams
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Author
Director
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Language
eng
Summary
When the brilliant and fiery Marion Mahony, the first registered woman architect in the world and the longest serving designer in Frank Lloyd Wright's practice, married Walter Burley Griffin, it was the beginning of one of the most outstanding artistic collaborations of the 20th century. This visionary American couple won a controversial international competition in 1912 to design the new Australian capital in Canberra. Although the city of their dreams was never built, the Griffins chose to stay in Australia. This fascinating documentary explores their collaboration, their struggle with unyielding bureaucracy, the philosophies that underscored their life and work, and their passionate commitment to an architecture that expressed a balance between society and the environment and an affinity between the human spirit and the natural world. The film weaves together their personal and professional lives, drawing on archival and contemporary footage of their work, an extensive collection of photographs, the couple's own correspondance and writing, and interviews with prominent architects, social historians and the people who knew them. A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Executive Producer: Mark Hamlyn. Producer: Gaby Mason. Director: Belinda Mason. Writer: Gaby Mason, Belinda Mason. DOP/Cinematographer: Andre Fleuren. Narrator/Presenter: Rachael Blake. Principal Cast: Merridy Eastman (Marion), Jennifer Vuletic (Marion's voice), Jeremy Sims (Walter), Justin Monjo (Walter's voice)
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UtOrBLW
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videorecording
Date time place
Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 2000
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1973-
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  • Hamlyn, Mark
  • Mason, Gaby
  • Mason, Belinda
  • Fleuren, Andre
  • Kanopy (Firm)
Runtime
56
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  • Griffin, Marion, Mahony
  • Griffin, Walter Burley
  • Women architects
  • Architects
  • Architecture
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live action
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City of dreams, (online streaming)
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unknown
Carrier category
online resource
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rdacarrier
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unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
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rdacontent
Control code
kan1088910
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 55 min.)
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unknown
Form of item
online
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • computer
  • video
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
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other
Other physical details
digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
1088910
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
(OCoLC)897770002
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
City of dreams, (online streaming)
Link
Publication
Note
Title from title frames
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
kan1088910
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 55 min.)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • computer
  • video
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
1088910
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
System control number
(OCoLC)897770002
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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