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My Architect (2003)
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In this meditative and poetic documentary, Nathaniel Kahn — one of two illegitimate children that the architect Louis Kahn had with two different women — seeks to find out who his late father really was. In interviews with architectural greats such as IM Pei and Frank Gehry, we learn of Kahn's brilliance and the respect accorded to him by his peers. Unfortunately, the film-maker shies away from asking tough questions of the women who could perhaps give more insight into Kahn's private life. Like Nathaniel (who was only 11 when his father died), we are left to discover what we can of the man through his influential work, which includes the impressive Capital building in Bangladesh. Almost as fascinating is how Louis Kahn's own journey took him from greatness to bankruptcy and a lonely death from a heart attack in the men's room at New York's Penn Station in 1974. GM
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Running time
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116mins
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Documentary
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Alternate title
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My Architect: A Son's Journey
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Nathaniel Kahn
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Theatrical distributor
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Tartan
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UK cinema certificate
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PG
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UK cinema release date
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August 2004
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