Great Expectations (2007)

Original title

Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture

Directed by

Jesper Wachtmeister

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

53 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary traces the history of visionary architecture over the 20th century. It uses interviews with prominent architects to discuss utopian building ideas and projects.

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What happens

Great Expectations (a journey through the history of visionary architecture) is a 2007 documentary about the history of visionary architecture by director Jesper Wachtmeister. The film uses interviews to frame the history of utopian and visionary architecture through the 20th century. Subjects include Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Peter Cook, Buckminster Fuller, Moshe Safdie, Antti Lovag, Paolo Soleri, Peter Vetsch and Jacque Fresco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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