1. Architecton - | Berlinale |
An epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction.
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2. Architecton | Rotten Tomatoes
An epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction.
From filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda, Aquarela) comes an epic, intimate and poetic meditation on architecture and how the design and construction of buildings from the ancient past reveal our destruction — and offer hope for survival and a way forward. Centering on a landscape project by the Italian architect Michele de Lucci, Kossakovsky uses the circle to reflect on the rise and fall of civilizations, capturing breathtaking imagery from the temple ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, dating back to AD 60, to the recent destruction of cities in Turkey following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in early 2023. Rocks and stone connect the disparate societies, from ghostly monoliths stuck in the earth to tragic heaps of concrete rubble waiting to be hauled off and repurposed anew. Through Kossakovsky’s inquisitive lens, the grandeur and folly of humanity and its precarious relationship with nature posits the urgent question: How do we build, and how can we build better, before it’s too late?
3. Architecton (2024) directed by Viktor Kossakovsky • Reviews, film + cast
Architecton. 2024. Directed by Viktor Kossakovsky. Synopsis. An extraordinary ... 14 Jun 2024. Premiere Shanghai International Film Festival. Flag for ...
An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?
4. Architecton (2024) - IDFA Festival
Architecton. Victor Kossakovsky. Germany, France, United States. 2024. 99 min. Dutch Premiere. Signed.
Concrete is the most widely used material in the world after water, according to Viktor Kossakovsky in Architecton. This observation conceptually links this third part of his ‘A-trilogy’ to the second part, the water documentary Aquarela (2018), which was in turn the sequel to ¡Vivan las antipodas! (2011). The connection is also made visually, with slow-motion shots in which falling boulders and stones seem to flow like rivers. Accompanied by a score by composer Evgueni Galperine, this gives the visual symphony about concrete and stone a hypnotic power.Kossakovsky moves from the ruins of the temples of Baal to Ukrainian buildings bombed by the Russian army, from houses destroyed by earthquakes in Turkey to quarries where building materials are extracted with brute force.His historical reflection on construction and destruction centers on a landscape project by the Italian architect Michele De Lucchi who, in protest against the transience of modern construction and as a lesson in modesty in our relationship with nature, creates a ‘magic circle’ in his garden, where humans are forbidden to set foot.
5. 'Architecton' Review: Victor Kossakovsky's Epic Ode to Stone
Feb 19, 2024 · The Russian docmaker offers another ravishing examination of the tension between human nature and nature itself.
Following 'Gunda' and 'Aquarela,' Victor Kossakovsky's 'Architecton' is a ravishing examination of the tension between human nature and nature itself.
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7. 'Architecton' Review: Magnetic Film Essay Reflects On Man's ...
Feb 23, 2024 · It shows the poetics of ruin, but it is a cycle with diminishing returns; the debris of the Romans and Greeks still has a grandeur and majesty ...
‘Architecton’ review: Victor Kossakovsky’s magnetic film essay reflects on man’s relationship with nature – Berlin Film Festival
8. Architecton (2024) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: ...
An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?
9. The Match Factory Boards Victor Kossakovsky's 'Architecton' - Variety
Jan 31, 2024 · The interior of a movie theater with two hands showing a thumbs up and thumbs down ... © 2024 Variety Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Variety and ...
The Match Factory has acquired the international rights to the new documentary by the Russian director Victor Kossakovsky.
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11. Architecton (2024) Movie Review from Eye for Film
Mar 5, 2024 · Architecton doesn't ask what the future of architecture might be (a short journey from where it was showing at the Berlinale, in contrast ...
Why are modern buildings so ugly? It’s a question Viktor Kossakovsky asks near the end of this visual elegy of sorts for building. He doesn’t exactly want to find out the answer – he’s more interested in the hypnotic beauty of the many processes involved in modern construction. So spellbinding are some of the shots, in fact, that even when you know the implications are ominous, its hard not to stare in complete awe (a punning alternate title for this film might be Awe-chitecton). Suggestive rather than polemic, the film is loathe to dig too deeply into that subtext however, instead resting on the kind of sensory experience Kossakovsky employed for Aquarela, his essay on water in its many forms.
12. Architecton (2024) documentary - Filmaffinity
Architecton (2024) documentary. Architecton. 98 min. -. Rate ... 2024: Berlin International Film Festival: nominated to Golden Bear - Best Picture. Show all ...
Genre: Documentary | Synopsis: An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.
13. Architecton review: Kossakovsky goes to rock and ruins | Sight and Sound
Feb 25, 2024 · 25 February 2024. Architecton (2024). By Nicolas Rapold. Sight and Sound. Festivals. Reviewed from the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.
Victor Kossakovsky’s eerie documentary reflects on humanity’s relationship with architecture through a disorientating cavalcade of ruins and rocks.