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SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY is director
Sydney Pollack's first feature length doc-
umentary, dealing with the acclaimed ar-
chitect, Frank O. Gehry.
The two men have been friends for many
years, and Pollack completed the film
over a period of five years, starting in
2000.
Frank Gehry loves to sketch; it is the be-
ginning of his architectural process. And
it is his love of the sketch that gave Pol-
lack his first clues to the style of this
documentary film. |
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Beginning with Gehry’s own original sketches for each major project, the film explores Gehry’s
process of turning these abstract drawings, first into tangible, three-dimensional models, often
made simply of cardboard and scotch tape, then into finished buildings of titanium and glass,
concrete and steel, wood and stone.
To capture the sketch quality in the documentary, Pollack uses a combination of film and Mini DV
(digital video) as his media. Spending countless hours in Gehry’s studio, on building sites, and in
his home, this unobtrusive and quiet shooting style has captured, for the first time, the essence
of Gehry’s unique architectural process, and his shy and elusive personality. |
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