
Release Date
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Original Release
January 1, 1986
1h 3m
Mies (1986)
β 0.063 min
Overview
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.
Director

Michael Blackwood
Department: Directing
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Cast
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Mies van der Rohe
Archive Footage
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Robert A.M. Stern
Self
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Philip Johnson
Self
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Franz Schulze
Narrator
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Peter Blake
Self
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George Danforth
Self
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Arthur Drexler
Self
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Peter Eisenman
Self
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James Ingo Freed
Self
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Myron Goldsmith
Self
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Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Whitney Museum



