Sketches Of Frank Gehry

Film director Sydney Pollack, who knew little about architecture except what he himself admired, was invited by his friend, the renowed architect Frank Gehry, to make a documentary about his life and working methods. The result of this collaboration between two friends is very special: Gehry is naturally at ease in front of Pollack's camera. Armed with a video camera, Pollack dips into the highlight of Gehry's life, tracing his youth, his first marriage and his exponentially growing fame. Facing a creative block early in his career, Gehry ended up in the care of a psychiatrist, whom Pollack interviews and whose understanding of the creative mind unlocked Gehry's imagination.

Freed from his crisis, Gehry eventually created such magnificent structures as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall In Los Angeles. This a film about a man who has dared to dream about buildings that transcend the rectilinear approach that defines so much of architecture. Above all, Gehry, modest energetic and inquisitive, reveals himself to be a consummately charming subject.

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