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Cathedrals of Culture
2014 5.7 (6 votes) 2h 45m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Final Cut for Real
Lotus-Film
Mer Film
Les Films d'Ici
Sundance Productions
RadicalMedia
WOWOW
RBB
Road Movies

Cathedrals of Culture

Overview

"If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE offers six startling responses. This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves, examining human life from the unblinking perspective of a manmade structure. Six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project. Buildings, they show us, are material manifestations of human thought and action: the Berlin Philharmonic, an icon of modernity; the National Library of Russia, a kingdom of thoughts; Halden Prison, the world's most humane prison; the Salk Institute, an institute for breakthrough science; the Oslo Opera House, a futuristic symbiosis of art and life; and the Centre Pompidou, a modern culture machine. CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE explores how each of these landmarks reflects our culture and guards our collective memory.

Key Crew

Director: Margreth Olin, Karim Aïnouz, Robert Redford, Wim Wenders, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen

Writer: Wim Wenders, Margreth Olin, Karim Aïnouz, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford

Director of Photography: Wolfgang Thaler, Ali Olcay Gözkaya, Christian Rein, Edward Lachman, Øystein Mamen

Top Cast

Meret Becker
Meret Becker

Narrator (segment "The Berlin Philharmonic") (voice)

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