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The Making of a great house
This review is for "Fallingwater-a conversation with Edgar Kauffman Jr." film. Most reviewers on this page are refering to the PBS documentary on Wright by Ken Burns.

This documentary ("Fallingwater-a conversation with Edgar Kauffman Jr.")is quite special, as it looks at the process involved in making this incredible building, with interviews by the living Ed Kauffman Jr., many apprentices and old film footage. But the best is when they give a detailed tour of the house. Quite fascinating. This is the best documentary on Fallingeater I've ever seen. Very detailed, with lots stories by Ed Kauffman jr. et all. I can only hope this comes on DVD. A real gem!

This Is Not a Movie Picture Book
I bought this dvd thinking that I wanted to see homes that Frank Lloyd Wright built, but this dvd does that no justice. This is a documentary of Frank Lloyd Wrights life, not a movie about his work. I do not suggest buying this unless you want to know about the man, not his work.

Ya Gotta Like Ken Burns
The reviewers below are right about this DVD: if you want to see Wright's work, you'd be better off looking elsewhere.

Burns is obviously fascinated by the person. We learn so much about a self-promoting genius who succeeded in such a uniquely American way. Perhaps his most fascinating characteristic is Wright's apparent complete absence of self doubt, carried to such an extreme as to allow him to reinvent himself over, and over, and over again.

Wright was a hornswoggler in the best American tradition. Had a few of his works not attained memorable standing in 20th century architecture, he'd be long forgotten. If the era in which he built were more like our own present, he'd be broke from lawsuits and uninsurable for malpractice.

We live in a more careful, more thoughtful era now. And there are good things about that. But Wright takes his personal place in history now, and Burns seals it with this lively and diligent production.

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