| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Glen Howard Small, Lucia Small; commentators, Greg Davis, Jan Mardian, John Harris, Michael Rendler, John Johansen, Milica Dedijer, Joanne Small-Eggert, Julie Small, Christine Small-Shook, Quirina Kryger, David Mesa, Ray Kappe, Ralph Mursinna, Thom Mayne, Michael Rotondi, Allen and Rose Nelson. |
| Credits |
Principal photography, Laurel Greenberg, Lucia Small ; co-producer, Linda Morgenstern ; animator, Anne Loyer ; editor, Karen Schmeer ; music by Kaoru Ishibashi. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American documentary in 2002. |
| Summary |
When estranged father, dreamer, and visionary architect Glen Howard Small bequeaths his daughter the task of writing his biography, she answers instead with a provocative film about his precarious career and thorny private life. At 31, Glen Small, founder and faculty member of the internationally acclaimed Southern California Institute of Architecture, was a rising star. At 61, he can barely pay his bills. In "My Father, The Genius," filmmaker Lucia Small digs deep to explore the delicate tension between her father's obligations to family and his life-long passion to "save the world through architecture." |
| Contents |
Opening -- Biomorphic Biosphere -- Nelsons & house tour -- Genius? -- Little boxes vs. Triad -- Stairs & divorce -- SCI-ARC & women -- Green machine -- Hong Kong Peak competition -- Life after SCI-ARC -- Waldport, Oregon & recovery -- Credits. |
| Note |
Special features: Filmmaker and father interview [featurette] (15 min.); 1970's mini-movie "Biomorphic Biosphere" (Super 8 film with commentary by Glen Small) [featurette] (17 min); Architects on Glen Small [featurette] (21 min.); Small photo gallery [slide-show with narration] (23 min.); Sundance Channel's Aftereffect [featurette] (5 min.); Genius II teaser (5 min.); Contact information [text feature]. |
| Awards |
Winner, Grand Jury Prize-Best Documentary: Lucia Small, Excellence in Editing Award: Karen Schmeer, Slamdance Film Festival 2002. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Small, Glen Howard.
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Small, Glen Howard -- Interviews.
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Southern California Institute of Architecture.
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Architects -- Biography.
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Architects -- United States -- Biography.
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Santa Monica (Calif.)
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Waldport (Or.)
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Small, Lucia.
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Small, Glen Howard.
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Small Angst Films.
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Center for Independent Documentary.
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Metro Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1567304524 |
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9781567304527 |
| Standard No. |
717119109646 |
| Music No. |
MHE 109607 Metro Home Entertainment |
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