Sydney Pollack's "Sketches of Frank Gehry"

With the death of Sydney Pollack, most people will be ruminating over his fine acting career (Michael Clayton, Eyes Wide Shut, Changing Lanes) or the popular films he directed (The Firm, Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Way We Were). Lesser known and publicized was his 2005 documentary "Sketches of Frank Gehry"on the influential architect. Pollack delves into Gehry's creative process, not only interviewing him but accompanying him during his work. I was amazed at the architect's aesthetic audacity when designing buildings, with much of the decisions purely intuitive and difficult to articulate in layman's terms. Regardless, it is a fascinating peek into the mind that designed the Bilbao Museum and into creativity in general.
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