Buckminster Fuller: Thinking out Loud

Synopsis: A true Renaissance Man, Buckminster Fuller, best remembered as the architect and creator of the geodesic dome, made an equally dramatic mark as an engineer, inventor, poet, visionary, philosopher and iconoclast. This film is the first retrospective look at his remarkable life and work since his death in 1983. His voluminous archives and previously unseen personal papers were used in its preparation, and the film uses archival footage of Fuller’s lectures and interviews with commentary from major creative thinkers and artists--including John Cage, Arthur Penn, Philip Johnson, Merce Cunningham, Paul Goldberger and Al Hirschfeld--and readings from Fuller’s writings by Spalding Gray. Made for broadcast in the PBS ‘American Masters’ series.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of production: 1996
Subjects: Engineering; Philosophy; Technology
Keywords: engineering; inventions; philosophy of science; Fuller, Buckminster

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