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Review: Magnificent Obsession (Robert Venturi “Less is a bore” Edition)

Opposable digits firmly in the vertical orientation generally connoting approval.

That’s an unqualified recommendation, just in case you were wondering.

There’s a lot to like about this movie, and not much to complain about. A quick pace, great images and a good cubic mile of stuff you didn’t already know. I gained new perspective on Frank Lloyd […]

You’ve seen the movie, now see the real stuff

The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust is offering a 12-day tour of Japan. Wright Way Japan: Contemporary Japan includes tours of three Wright-designed buildings and works by Arata Endo, Antonin Raymond and even works by Tadao Ando and I.M. Pei. A portion of the tour is lead by Magnificent Obsession filmmakers and founders of the […]

Something magnificent this way comes

_Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Building & Legacy in Japan _ will be released in four days — like Christmas, but without all the annoying family obligations.

If you haven’t yet slapped down a credit card, and need some encouragement, here are two reviews from the product’s Amazon product page. Both reviewers saw the movie during its […]

Magnificent DVD

The documentary Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buildings and Legacy in Japan, by Karen Severns and Koichi Mori, released theatrically in 2005, will be available on DVD on September 25. At the time of its release, the film was lavishly praised.

In a review for the Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum, who grew up in a home […]