Another high quality production about high quality people.
I streamed this the other night and thought it was very well done. I had a cursory knowledge of Charles and Ray but this doc helped flesh that out quite a bit more. I didn't know how deep they got into so many avenues of design. They're obviously lauded for their furniture, but their films were awesome! I think Charles was a gifted fucking Director and Editor (assuming he edited the films?). The clips you saw were insightful enough to see that he had fantastic vision from behind the lens.
They worked with a bunch of misfits, man. The people interviewed had the weirdest voices and mannerisms. Ray seemed to have a perm-a-grin and talked through her teeth. That kind of annoyed me. And dressing like an Amish woman didn't get me too stoked either. But whatever. I'm interested in her art, not her threads.
If you care one iota about Eames then you should watch this. No question. My only gripe would be that it was too short. You quickly learn that these peeps had such a vast body of work that this would be better served as a series. Maybe one on furniture, one on films, one on architecture, etc. Of course, that's not really legitimate criticism, but you know what I'm saying. It's just too vast to distill into 90 minutes or whatever. It's a good overview.
I really dug the typography and the poster.
Kick back on your Eames Lounge Chair and enjoy the film.
We watched this a couple months ago. Really enjoyed it. It's amazing how talented he was.
ReplyDeleteSide note: We're planning on getting a really bad ass Eames lounge repro after we get back from the trip.
save up and get a used original instead. would you buy anything else that was fake and try to pass it off as on original? Fiero w/ a Ferrari body kit?
ReplyDeleteyou'd have more pride in a used original. unless you get a repro that's made of faux leather since the originals were all leather, in which case that would be a humane justification for buying a knock-off.