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Lotus-Film
Mer Film
Les Films d'Ici
Sundance Productions
RadicalMedia
WOWOW
RBB
Road Movies
Cathedrals of Culture
Overview
"If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE offers six startling responses. This 3D film project about the soul of buildings allows six iconic and very different buildings to speak for themselves, examining human life from the unblinking perspective of a manmade structure. Six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project. Buildings, they show us, are material manifestations of human thought and action: the Berlin Philharmonic, an icon of modernity; the National Library of Russia, a kingdom of thoughts; Halden Prison, the world's most humane prison; the Salk Institute, an institute for breakthrough science; the Oslo Opera House, a futuristic symbiosis of art and life; and the Centre Pompidou, a modern culture machine. CATHEDRALS OF CULTURE explores how each of these landmarks reflects our culture and guards our collective memory.
Key Crew
Director: Wim Wenders, Michael Glawogger, Robert Redford, Margreth Olin, Karim Aïnouz, Michael Madsen
Writer: Wim Wenders, Karim Aïnouz, Margreth Olin, Michael Glawogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford
Director of Photography: Wolfgang Thaler, Edward Lachman, Christian Rein, Ali Olcay Gözkaya, Øystein Mamen
Top Cast
Meret Becker
Narrator (segment "The Berlin Philharmonic") (voice)
