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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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Jan 17, 2018 · Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Manfred Kirchheimer. Documentary. Not Rated. 1h 19m. By A.O. Scott. Jan. 17, 2018. “Tall” is a...
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Jan 18, 2018 · January 18, 2018 12:52pm. Courtesy of A Cinema Guild/Streetwise Films. The latest of NYC documentarian Manfred Kirchheimer’s films to be given its theatrical premiere several years late, Tall:...
- THR Staff
Jan 19, 2018 · A mentor to one Frank Lloyd Wright, Sullivan and rival Daniel Burnham are the central focus of this film, itself a groundbreaking meditation on both one man’s world changing work and also the importance of the skyscraper in urban life.
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...
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Feb 8, 2018 · Architecture News Commentary & Criticism. Review of ‘Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan’. By Anna Shapiro. A scene from Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan, directed by Manfred Kirchheimer. A Cinema Guild/Streetwise Films release.
