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Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan is a 2006 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer that attempts to tell the story of how Louis Sullivan designed skyscrapers. The film begins by placing the viewer in late 19th century Chicago just after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Mar 17, 2006 · Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan: Directed by Manfred Kirchheimer. With Dylan Baker. The development of the American skyscraper, starting in the late 19th century, in Chicago and then New York, centers on the conflict between architects Daniel Burnham and Louis Sullivan.
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- Documentary
- Manfred Kirchheimer
- 2006-03-17
Jan 17, 2018 · “Tall” is a compact history of the American skyscraper, an unassuming (though hardly unambitious) examination of a grand, at times grandiose, subject.
- Manfred Kirchheimer
Jan 18, 2018 · The latest of NYC documentarian Manfred Kirchheimer’s films to be given its theatrical premiere several years late, Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan is officially a 2006 film...
Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan. Tracing the experiments of the early skyscraper architects, especially Louis Sullivan, the Chicago architect who pioneered a new skyscraper...
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- Documentary
- Manfred Kirchheimer
Jan 19, 2018 · However, in the hands of legendary documentarian Manfried Kirchheimer, Tall: The American Skyscraper And Louis Sullivan goes from charming historical document into a legitimate piece of experimental non-fiction cinema.
Jan 19, 2018 · This film tells the story of the unstoppable rise of the skyscrapers. Starting in 1869, in New York and Chicago, elevators, steel, and electricity combined to create a frenzy of tall and taller buildings.
