Toronto. Schindler's Houses.

Heinz Emigholz's Schindler's Houses is "a special delight for Angelenos like myself," writes Doug Cummings. "Composed of slightly canted, static shots (creating a playful 'movement' in their juxtaposition) depicting scores of houses designed by RM Schindler in the Los Angeles vicinity, the film becomes a meditation on an artistic persona permeating buildings all around the city, aesthetically joining disparate classes, locations, times and functions."

"The form of the homes and the form of the film reflect and suit Los Angeles perfectly," writes MS Smith. "Los Angeles is the antithesis of the concentrated city, the contrary and modern answer to classical design, and the lines and angles of Schindler's houses jut out in varying directions like the city itself. As the film implies, these homes mark not only the history of an architectural movement, but the socio-economic history of this region."

Posted by dwhudson at September 25, 2007 11:46 AM