Learning on ScreenBuckminster 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
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- NTSC
- Price
- $34.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 94 minutes
- Year
- 2003
Sponsor
- Name
PBS
- Web
- http://www.pbs.org External site opens in new window
Distributor
- Name
Zeitgeist Films
- clemence@zeitgeistfilms.com
- Web
- http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +1 212 274 1989
- Fax
- +1 212 274 1644
- Address
- 247 Centre Street, 2nd Floor
New York
NY 10013
USA
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