Eames : The Architect and the Painter (2011)

Eames: The Architect and the Painter is a 2011 documentary film about American designers Charles and Ray Eames and the Eames Office. It was produced and written by Jason Cohn, and coproduced by Bill Jersey.

The film moves between a narrative about the husband and wife team to one about the Eames Office and its accomplishments, starting with chair design, but also moving through architecture, photography and film. Most of the period images are still photographs from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, but there are several film clips. Audio clips are interspersed with narration by James Franco.

The film uses extensive interviews to frame the story. There are eight subjects, including Richard Saul Wurman, the founder of TED, Irish architect Kevin Roche, and screenwriter Paul Schrader; Lucia Eames and Eames Demetrios, Charles Eames' daughter and grandson; and three former Eames office designers: Jeannine Oppewall, Gordon Ashby, and Deborah Sussman.

Synopsis

L'équipe mari et femme de Charles et Ray Eames étaient les designers industriels les plus influents et les plus importants d'Amérique. Admirés pour leurs créations et fascinants en tant qu'individus, ils ont atteint un statut d'icône dans la culture américaine. Eames : L'architecte et le peintre puise dans un trésor d'archives, ainsi que dans de nouvelles interviews d'amis, de collègues et d'experts pour saisir l'histoire personnelle de Charles et Ray tout en les plaçant fermement dans le contexte de leur époque fascinante.

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